MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 40.96,-112.21 Latitude: 40.96 Longitude: -112.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 520 2 900 989 SFC 861 1376 26.6 13.2 43 13.5 17.5 159 6 312.9 315.0 296.0 347.3 11.13 4 850 1492 27.9 6.8 26 21.2 14.7 164 9 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.3 7.29 5 800 2025 24.2 5.1 29 19.1 12.5 176 11 316.9 318.3 294.0 338.8 6.90 6 750 2585 20.4 2.7 31 17.7 9.9 204 6 318.7 319.9 294.0 338.5 6.19 7 700 3175 15.5 0.8 37 14.7 7.1 209 4 319.6 320.7 293.9 338.2 5.78 8 650 3797 10.1 -0.8 46 11.0 4.1 208 10 320.4 321.5 293.9 338.4 5.55 9 600 4456 4.1 -2.0 64 6.1 0.9 229 13 320.9 322.0 294.0 338.7 5.51 10 550 5157 -1.7 -4.0 84 2.4 -2.9 223 14 322.1 323.1 294.1 339.0 5.17 11 500 5910 -6.6 -7.4 94 0.8 -7.0 226 17 325.0 325.8 294.2 339.5 4.38 12 450 6726 -11.4 -12.4 92 1.0 -11.8 233 19 328.9 329.6 294.3 340.1 3.29 13 400 7620 -17.2 -17.4 99 0.2 -17.3 220 22 332.7 333.1 294.6 341.2 2.45 14 350 8608 -24.1 -25.7 86 1.6 -24.5 201 26 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.2 1.35 15 300 9711 -33.1 -34.0 91 1.0 -33.2 207 30 338.8 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.71 16 250 10968 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 209 44 342.3 342.4 295.2 343.7 0.35 17 200 12432 -54.2 -65.9 23 11.7 -54.5 228 48 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14229 -63.9 -75.5 19 11.6 -64.0 245 43 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16684 -66.3 -83.3 8 16.9 -66.5 219 17 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.43 m Freezing level: 564.34 mb = 4956.05 m = 16259.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.32 mb = 4614.64 m = 15139.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.14 mb = 3088.26 m = 10131.96 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.93 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 570.61 mb = 4860.85 m = 15947.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.01 C = 95.02 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.56 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: 26.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4055.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 610.58 mb = 4312.36 m = 14147.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 248.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.4 neg: -10.2 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 13.07 m/s