MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.03,-112.45 Latitude: 41.03 Longitude: -112.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 1 950 571 2 900 1039 SFC 873 1303 24.9 10.7 41 14.2 15.7 274 4 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.3 9.32 4 850 1539 25.3 -1.1 17 26.4 10.9 290 7 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.8 4.14 5 800 2067 21.1 -2.2 21 23.3 8.8 302 9 313.7 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.07 6 750 2620 16.5 -3.7 25 20.2 6.1 310 10 314.5 315.2 290.8 326.9 3.88 7 700 3201 11.8 -6.5 27 18.3 2.9 303 10 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.4 3.35 8 650 3815 7.0 -9.7 29 16.7 -0.4 281 11 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.81 9 600 4466 1.4 -12.2 35 13.7 -4.2 270 15 317.8 318.2 290.6 326.0 2.49 10 550 5158 -5.2 -13.9 50 8.7 -8.5 262 13 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.8 2.37 11 500 5897 -12.0 -16.9 67 4.8 -13.6 250 10 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.2 2.04 12 450 6693 -18.2 -26.5 48 8.4 -20.1 247 17 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.8 0.97 13 400 7562 -23.8 -36.4 30 12.6 -25.7 261 25 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.43 14 350 8523 -31.2 -56.3 7 25.1 -32.9 269 32 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.05 15 300 9595 -39.7 -54.4 19 14.8 -40.5 267 29 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.08 16 250 10820 -46.6 -60.5 19 13.9 -47.1 266 40 336.7 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12300 -45.9 -73.2 3 27.3 -46.6 264 50 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 14190 -53.3 -80.5 2 27.2 -53.7 260 44 378.2 378.2 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16725 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.7 -64.0 252 8 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.67 m Freezing level: 589.31 mb = 4613.87 m = 15137.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.61 mb = 3731.21 m = 12241.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.05 mb = 3092.71 m = 10146.57 ft T: 12.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 548.14 mb = 5183.96 m = 17007.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.38 C Cross Totals Index: 10.93 C K Index: 17.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 23.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 336.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.92 mb = 4654.71 m = 15271.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 470.92 mb = 6349.23 m = 20830.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 430.92 mb = 7012.47 m = 23006.50 ft B at Equ Level: 15.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.92 mb = 7727.46 m = 25352.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.2 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 300.2 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: -1.9 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 5.39 m/s