MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 40.24,-101.74 Latitude: 40.24 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 514 2 900 990 SFC 897 1021 30.9 15.9 40 15.0 20.4 154 13 313.7 316.1 297.3 353.1 12.76 4 850 1495 24.2 14.1 54 10.0 17.3 161 16 311.5 313.7 296.3 348.3 12.02 5 800 2022 19.5 12.7 65 6.8 14.9 168 16 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.6 11.60 6 750 2577 18.1 4.2 40 13.9 9.8 191 17 316.3 317.6 293.9 338.1 6.92 7 700 3162 13.4 -1.4 36 14.8 5.4 192 14 317.3 318.3 292.6 333.1 4.94 8 650 3782 10.8 -19.3 10 30.1 -0.6 217 2 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.6 1.28 9 600 4443 6.9 -23.9 9 30.8 -3.6 2 8 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.4 0.92 10 550 5150 1.4 -24.2 13 25.6 -6.9 358 13 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.98 11 500 5908 -4.7 -30.9 11 26.2 -11.5 356 12 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.58 12 450 6726 -10.9 -42.1 6 31.2 -16.5 300 6 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.21 13 400 7619 -17.6 -44.1 8 26.5 -21.6 229 8 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.8 0.19 14 350 8604 -24.5 -55.4 4 31.0 -27.3 251 6 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.06 15 300 9708 -32.7 -57.0 7 24.3 -34.4 295 10 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 16 250 10963 -42.8 -60.5 13 17.7 -43.5 327 9 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.04 17 200 12432 -53.7 -66.4 20 12.7 -53.9 306 10 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14229 -65.4 -74.3 28 8.9 -65.5 311 8 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16685 -64.6 -83.8 5 19.2 -64.7 272 7 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.47 m Freezing level: 538.74 mb = 5320.65 m = 17456.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.18 mb = 3715.52 m = 12189.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.39 mb = 2906.83 m = 9536.74 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 27.51 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 636.52 mb = 3954.98 m = 12975.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.13 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 28.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 854.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.86 mb = 2831.02 m = 9288.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 532.86 mb = 5401.61 m = 17721.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.86 mb = 12658.96 m = 41531.53 ft B at Equ Level: 852.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.86 mb = 15437.54 m = 50647.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.9 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 230.9 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -18.4 tot: 23.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 65.89 Bulk Shear: 12.97 m/s