MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.4,-101.42 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -101.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 201 1 950 639 SFC 909 1017 17.2 14.0 81 3.2 15.1 139 10 298.4 300.4 291.9 330.8 11.14 3 900 1101 17.3 13.6 79 3.6 14.9 142 16 299.3 301.3 292.1 331.3 10.96 4 850 1589 16.0 12.3 79 3.6 13.7 172 22 302.9 304.9 292.9 334.6 10.67 5 800 2104 14.4 10.7 78 3.7 12.1 198 19 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.2 10.17 6 750 2649 13.6 3.5 50 10.1 7.8 239 18 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.8 6.58 7 700 3227 9.9 0.9 54 9.0 5.0 246 12 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.9 5.86 8 650 3839 5.9 -3.3 51 9.3 1.3 198 5 315.7 316.6 291.8 330.4 4.60 9 600 4489 1.1 -6.7 56 7.9 -2.5 194 5 317.4 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.85 10 550 5182 -4.3 -10.1 64 5.7 -6.8 233 5 318.9 319.6 291.6 329.5 3.23 11 500 5925 -9.8 -16.0 60 6.2 -11.9 327 19 321.1 321.6 291.3 328.5 2.20 12 450 6732 -14.1 -24.5 41 10.4 -16.9 327 27 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.6 1.17 13 400 7614 -20.6 -31.9 36 11.3 -22.8 315 27 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.66 14 350 8588 -26.3 -54.7 5 28.4 -28.8 294 42 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.06 15 300 9686 -33.5 -59.1 6 25.6 -35.1 288 50 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 16 250 10940 -43.2 -61.6 11 18.4 -43.9 276 50 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 17 200 12414 -49.7 -71.3 6 21.6 -50.1 280 64 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 18 150 14252 -59.9 -78.6 7 18.7 -60.1 273 41 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16732 -66.8 -82.9 9 16.2 -66.9 289 4 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.65 m Freezing level: 589.58 mb = 4632.97 m = 15199.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4049.77 m = 13286.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.78 mb = 1422.12 m = 4665.70 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.30 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.60 mb = 3326.79 m = 10914.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 90.00 F Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lifted Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.22 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 29.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 387.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.12 mb = 1976.30 m = 6483.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 517.12 mb = 5662.33 m = 18576.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.12 mb = 6283.50 m = 20614.89 ft B at Equ Level: 33.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.12 mb = 8043.62 m = 26389.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.9 neg: -30.7 tot: 155.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 79.36 m/s