MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.69,-102.17 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -102.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 453 2 900 933 SFC 882 1121 39.0 -0.4 8 39.4 15.9 282 10 323.6 324.5 293.7 337.5 4.21 4 850 1453 35.9 -4.5 7 40.4 13.6 280 16 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.5 3.22 5 800 1998 30.6 -5.4 9 36.0 11.3 277 17 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.4 3.19 6 750 2567 25.1 -6.2 12 31.3 8.7 272 18 323.8 324.5 292.9 334.5 3.19 7 700 3165 19.3 -7.1 16 26.4 5.9 268 18 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.6 3.20 8 650 3794 13.2 -8.1 22 21.3 2.8 263 19 323.9 324.5 293.0 334.6 3.20 9 600 4459 6.8 -9.1 31 15.9 -0.6 259 20 324.0 324.6 293.0 334.6 3.19 10 550 5164 -0.0 -10.3 46 10.3 -4.6 254 21 324.1 324.7 293.0 334.7 3.18 11 500 5918 -7.2 -11.6 71 4.4 -9.0 248 25 324.3 324.9 293.0 334.9 3.15 12 450 6730 -12.8 -20.5 52 7.7 -15.2 256 40 327.2 327.5 292.5 333.0 1.67 13 400 7617 -19.2 -28.1 45 8.9 -21.2 262 37 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.5 0.94 14 350 8595 -26.8 -34.4 49 7.6 -28.1 262 43 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.8 0.59 15 300 9686 -35.8 -51.5 19 15.6 -37.0 262 42 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10927 -45.2 -55.0 33 9.8 -45.6 265 39 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.09 17 200 12381 -56.3 -59.0 71 2.7 -56.3 282 40 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.9 0.07 18 150 14161 -62.1 -72.6 23 10.5 -62.3 275 47 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16657 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.5 257 20 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5905.75 m Freezing level: 550.17 mb = 5161.86 m = 16935.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.04 mb = 4334.54 m = 14220.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.24 % Est. max temperature: 39.24 C = 102.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 498.17 mb = 5945.81 m = 19507.03 ft T: -7.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.61 C/km ThetaE index: 3.11 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 457.03 mb = 6610.38 m = 21687.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.05 C = 107.68 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: 0.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 43.06 C Cross Totals Index: 2.66 C K Index: 12.16 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4118.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 475.01 mb = 6312.87 m = 20711.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 13.59 m/s