MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.55,-100.83 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 549 SFC 915 887 30.7 16.1 42 14.6 20.5 183 5 311.7 314.1 296.8 350.6 12.68 3 900 1028 28.0 15.2 46 12.8 19.2 185 5 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.5 12.16 4 850 1531 22.9 14.2 58 8.8 17.0 188 5 310.2 312.5 296.0 347.0 12.05 5 800 2056 17.9 13.0 73 4.9 14.7 195 5 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.5 11.87 6 750 2605 12.9 11.6 91 1.4 12.0 211 5 310.6 312.8 295.7 345.8 11.49 7 700 3183 10.6 2.3 56 8.3 5.9 280 11 314.2 315.5 292.9 334.6 6.47 8 650 3796 6.5 -6.8 38 13.3 0.2 292 15 316.3 316.9 291.0 327.7 3.53 9 600 4446 1.1 -9.7 44 10.8 -3.6 301 22 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.4 3.05 10 550 5138 -5.0 -12.3 57 7.3 -7.9 302 26 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.1 2.71 11 500 5878 -11.2 -18.2 56 7.0 -13.5 299 27 319.4 319.7 290.4 325.5 1.83 12 450 6677 -17.3 -24.8 52 7.5 -19.1 300 34 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.4 1.13 13 400 7549 -23.1 -31.5 46 8.4 -24.6 305 42 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.69 14 350 8514 -29.4 -48.1 15 18.7 -31.2 308 52 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.14 15 300 9596 -36.5 -56.6 11 20.1 -37.7 309 59 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 16 250 10845 -41.7 -63.7 7 22.0 -42.6 318 76 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.03 17 200 12335 -47.6 -70.5 6 22.8 -48.2 307 59 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 18 150 14204 -56.1 -80.5 3 24.4 -56.4 295 32 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16695 -66.3 -83.3 8 17.0 -66.4 242 4 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.17 m Freezing level: 590.89 mb = 4571.74 m = 14998.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.39 mb = 3828.18 m = 12559.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.33 mb = 2713.20 m = 8901.47 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.10 C/km ThetaE index: 25.17 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.56 mb = 2870.54 m = 9417.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -7.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.56 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 40.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1710.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.25 mb = 2646.57 m = 8682.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.25 mb = 3653.67 m = 11986.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.25 mb = 11083.08 m = 36361.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1708.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.25 mb = 15024.24 m = 49291.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 34.30 Bulk Shear: 49.87 m/s