MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 4 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 122 1 950 561 SFC 921 827 19.4 16.6 84 2.7 17.5 117 13 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.02 3 900 1026 19.1 14.1 73 5.0 15.8 124 22 301.1 303.2 292.9 334.4 11.30 4 850 1520 20.2 10.1 52 10.0 13.8 120 8 307.3 309.0 293.1 335.1 9.19 5 800 2041 18.1 7.3 49 10.8 11.5 342 5 310.4 312.0 293.1 335.2 8.06 6 750 2591 14.5 5.6 55 9.0 9.2 323 17 312.3 313.8 293.3 335.9 7.61 7 700 3170 10.3 3.5 62 6.9 6.3 319 27 313.9 315.3 293.3 335.9 7.02 8 650 3783 5.7 0.1 67 5.6 2.7 319 34 315.4 316.5 292.9 334.2 5.94 9 600 4432 1.2 -6.0 59 7.1 -2.2 326 39 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.7 4.08 10 550 5126 -3.4 -13.2 46 9.8 -7.3 331 46 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.4 2.50 11 500 5873 -8.3 -19.7 39 11.4 -12.0 328 45 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.4 1.60 12 450 6682 -13.9 -24.7 40 10.8 -16.8 334 41 325.7 326.0 291.6 329.8 1.14 13 400 7566 -19.2 -28.3 45 9.0 -21.3 329 36 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.4 0.93 14 350 8549 -24.6 -34.2 41 9.6 -26.3 315 34 335.6 335.7 293.8 337.8 0.60 15 300 9652 -32.4 -48.8 18 16.4 -33.9 329 56 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.4 0.15 16 250 10911 -42.3 -54.5 25 12.2 -42.9 327 56 343.2 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.09 17 200 12386 -52.3 -55.4 69 3.1 -52.4 291 27 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.10 18 150 14204 -60.2 -76.4 10 16.2 -60.3 310 45 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16697 -66.7 -83.0 8 16.3 -66.8 243 5 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.01 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4609.16 m = 15121.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.69 mb = 4130.97 m = 13552.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.52 mb = 1176.11 m = 3858.58 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.58 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.93 mb = 3434.91 m = 11269.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.22 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4940.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.11 mb = 2277.63 m = 7472.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.1 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 359.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 7.1 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: -37.4 tot: 160.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 292.03 m/s