MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.46,-100.63 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -100.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 1 950 573 SFC 920 857 24.2 16.3 61 7.9 18.8 170 14 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.6 12.77 3 900 1045 23.3 15.5 61 7.8 17.9 170 25 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.5 12.37 4 850 1544 21.9 13.4 58 8.6 16.2 189 32 309.1 311.3 295.3 343.9 11.43 5 800 2068 18.8 12.0 64 6.8 14.3 201 25 311.2 313.3 295.6 345.2 11.08 6 750 2621 16.5 7.1 54 9.4 10.7 200 13 314.5 316.1 294.6 340.9 8.48 7 700 3205 12.9 1.3 45 11.6 6.4 226 5 316.8 318.0 293.3 336.0 6.03 8 650 3823 8.5 -1.0 51 9.6 3.4 274 12 318.6 319.7 293.3 336.1 5.46 9 600 4479 3.5 -2.5 65 5.9 0.4 287 26 320.1 321.2 293.6 337.3 5.32 10 550 5178 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -4.1 301 34 320.8 321.7 293.3 335.9 4.64 11 500 5926 -8.5 -9.7 91 1.2 -9.0 302 35 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.8 3.66 12 450 6735 -13.9 -15.4 89 1.4 -14.5 300 30 325.7 326.3 292.9 334.5 2.57 13 400 7621 -18.7 -33.7 25 15.0 -21.6 295 37 330.7 330.9 292.4 332.8 0.55 14 350 8604 -25.0 -49.9 8 24.9 -27.6 289 48 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 15 300 9705 -33.2 -47.2 23 14.1 -34.5 299 35 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 16 250 10962 -42.0 -55.0 23 13.0 -42.7 289 34 343.6 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.09 17 200 12438 -52.3 -70.0 10 17.7 -52.6 281 50 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14249 -61.9 -76.9 12 15.0 -62.0 284 43 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16716 -67.6 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.7 137 2 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.56 m Freezing level: 572.19 mb = 4868.03 m = 15971.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4535.38 m = 14879.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.44 mb = 1860.85 m = 6105.09 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.63 mb = 3574.96 m = 11728.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.22 C = 98.99 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.19 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.88 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 469.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 339.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.96 mb = 2385.15 m = 7825.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.96 mb = 4807.76 m = 15773.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.96 mb = 10535.29 m = 34564.19 ft B at Equ Level: 466.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.96 mb = 13244.40 m = 43452.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.3 neg: -85.0 tot: 113.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 166.24 m/s