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: 37.69,-100.36 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 551 SFC 921 828 30.8 15.9 40 15.0 20.4 177 5 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.2 12.39 3 900 1030 27.5 14.9 46 12.6 18.9 181 5 309.9 312.1 295.8 346.2 11.91 4 850 1532 22.5 13.9 58 8.7 16.7 189 4 309.7 312.0 295.7 345.7 11.80 5 800 2056 17.6 12.7 73 4.9 14.3 202 4 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.3 11.61 6 750 2604 12.7 11.0 89 1.7 11.6 226 5 310.4 312.4 295.3 344.1 11.04 7 700 3181 9.5 4.3 70 5.2 6.5 272 10 313.0 314.4 293.3 336.2 7.45 8 650 3793 5.7 -2.9 54 8.6 1.3 282 16 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.6 4.77 9 600 4442 0.7 -10.3 43 11.1 -4.0 300 21 317.0 317.5 290.7 326.5 2.90 10 550 5133 -4.9 -14.3 48 9.3 -8.4 303 27 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.9 2.31 11 500 5874 -11.1 -18.6 54 7.5 -13.5 298 26 319.4 319.8 290.4 325.4 1.76 12 450 6672 -17.6 -21.8 69 4.3 -18.7 302 33 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.2 1.48 13 400 7543 -23.8 -30.8 53 7.0 -25.1 300 38 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.7 0.74 14 350 8505 -30.1 -45.1 22 15.0 -31.6 305 46 328.2 328.2 291.4 329.0 0.20 15 300 9586 -37.2 -55.5 13 18.3 -38.2 307 49 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10830 -42.6 -61.6 11 19.0 -43.3 315 65 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12322 -46.5 -70.3 5 23.8 -47.2 302 54 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 18 150 14199 -55.4 -80.7 3 25.3 -55.7 295 31 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16694 -66.0 -83.3 7 17.3 -66.2 272 4 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.17 m Freezing level: 593.51 mb = 4531.51 m = 14866.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.59 mb = 3949.07 m = 12956.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.85 mb = 2707.07 m = 8881.35 ft T: 12.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 23.84 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2771.53 m = 9092.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 42.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1708.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.24 mb = 2635.16 m = 8645.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.24 mb = 3154.49 m = 10349.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.24 mb = 11040.43 m = 36221.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1706.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.24 mb = 14526.14 m = 47657.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.6 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 321.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 37.22 Bulk Shear: 45.89 m/s