MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.18,-100.68 Latitude: 42.18 Longitude: -100.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 561 SFC 911 923 19.7 14.8 73 4.9 16.4 140 5 300.8 302.9 293.1 335.1 11.67 3 900 1027 19.5 13.2 67 6.4 15.4 129 5 301.6 303.6 292.5 333.0 10.63 4 850 1520 20.5 7.7 43 12.9 12.7 4 3 307.6 309.1 292.0 331.3 7.76 5 800 2041 17.8 4.7 42 13.1 10.1 298 6 310.1 311.3 291.9 330.7 6.69 6 750 2589 13.9 2.3 45 11.6 7.3 276 14 311.6 312.8 291.8 330.4 6.02 7 700 3166 9.0 0.6 56 8.4 4.5 282 20 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.4 5.73 8 650 3775 3.7 -1.3 70 5.1 1.1 295 25 313.2 314.2 291.7 330.0 5.35 9 600 4419 -1.5 -4.1 82 2.6 -2.7 304 30 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.4 4.72 10 550 5107 -5.6 -9.0 77 3.4 -7.1 314 34 317.4 318.1 291.4 328.8 3.51 11 500 5849 -9.7 -13.6 73 3.9 -11.2 311 33 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.1 2.68 12 450 6656 -14.4 -20.4 61 6.0 -16.3 303 28 325.1 325.4 291.9 330.9 1.68 13 400 7537 -20.6 -22.1 88 1.4 -21.0 302 23 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.9 1.63 14 350 8511 -27.9 -28.5 94 0.7 -28.0 301 17 331.2 331.4 293.0 334.9 1.04 15 300 9599 -36.4 -38.3 83 1.8 -36.7 325 12 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.47 16 250 10838 -45.1 -51.4 50 6.2 -45.4 338 14 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.14 17 200 12296 -53.5 -64.4 25 11.0 -53.7 322 34 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14140 -54.4 -79.0 3 24.6 -54.8 305 29 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.01 19 100 16687 -63.5 -84.0 5 20.5 -63.7 308 15 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.62 m Freezing level: 614.09 mb = 4237.46 m = 13902.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.35 mb = 3958.15 m = 12985.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.84 mb = 1552.17 m = 5092.35 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 4.71 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.36 mb = 3545.98 m = 11633.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 0.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.01 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5785.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.79 mb = 2738.03 m = 8982.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: -21.1 tot: 86.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 92.76 m/s