MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 36.07,-103.39 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 504 2 900 979 SFC 851 1479 38.9 2.1 10 36.8 16.3 9 5 326.7 327.8 295.3 344.0 5.22 4 850 1494 37.5 1.2 10 36.3 15.7 11 5 325.5 326.4 294.7 341.7 4.92 5 800 2042 31.8 -0.0 13 31.9 13.1 10 5 325.1 326.0 294.6 340.9 4.78 6 750 2614 26.2 -1.0 17 27.2 10.6 14 4 325.0 326.0 294.5 340.7 4.74 7 700 3214 20.4 -1.9 22 22.3 7.9 21 3 325.0 326.0 294.5 340.7 4.74 8 650 3846 14.3 -2.9 30 17.2 4.9 28 2 325.1 326.0 294.5 340.8 4.74 9 600 4514 7.8 -4.0 43 11.8 1.6 38 2 325.1 326.1 294.5 340.8 4.75 10 550 5222 0.9 -5.2 64 6.0 -2.1 38 2 325.1 326.1 294.5 340.8 4.74 11 500 5979 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.5 33 1 325.8 326.7 294.5 340.7 4.49 12 450 6795 -12.1 -16.0 73 3.9 -13.5 303 5 328.0 328.5 293.4 336.4 2.44 13 400 7685 -18.1 -23.1 65 5.0 -19.5 306 19 331.4 331.7 293.5 336.7 1.49 14 350 8671 -24.7 -32.2 49 7.6 -26.1 309 25 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.2 0.73 15 300 9775 -32.7 -39.8 49 7.1 -33.6 280 21 339.2 339.3 294.5 340.8 0.40 16 250 11030 -43.1 -47.8 60 4.6 -43.5 282 24 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.20 17 200 12493 -54.5 -59.0 57 4.5 -54.6 283 21 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.07 18 150 14284 -65.9 -71.1 48 5.2 -65.9 280 26 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16700 -69.6 -81.3 17 11.6 -69.7 274 13 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5915.40 m Freezing level: 543.60 mb = 5319.36 m = 17451.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.64 mb = 4808.97 m = 15777.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.50 % Est. max temperature: 37.28 C = 99.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 499.86 mb = 5981.27 m = 19623.37 ft T: -5.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.52 C/km ThetaE index: 3.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 496.68 mb = 6030.67 m = 19785.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.14 C = 100.66 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: 0.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 43.47 C Cross Totals Index: 7.18 C K Index: 22.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 58.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 501.53 mb = 5954.81 m = 19536.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 476.53 mb = 6351.58 m = 20838.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.53 mb = 8951.84 m = 29369.19 ft B at Equ Level: 62.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.53 mb = 11121.26 m = 36486.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.8 at 3.7 knts Storm direction: 17.8 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 115.89 Bulk Shear: 0.54 m/s