MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 130 1 950 568 SFC 922 827 19.1 17.3 89 1.8 17.8 155 6 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.7 13.58 3 900 1034 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 17.0 154 14 301.0 303.4 294.0 338.6 12.78 4 850 1528 20.6 10.6 53 9.9 14.2 150 6 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.51 5 800 2050 18.4 6.8 47 11.6 11.3 9 9 310.8 312.2 293.0 334.8 7.79 6 750 2600 14.9 4.4 49 10.6 8.7 352 16 312.8 314.1 292.9 334.5 6.98 7 700 3180 10.4 1.3 54 9.0 5.4 343 21 314.0 315.1 292.5 332.9 6.04 8 650 3791 5.7 -4.6 48 10.2 0.7 343 23 315.4 316.2 291.4 328.8 4.19 9 600 4441 1.4 -13.2 33 14.6 -4.5 344 28 317.7 318.1 290.4 325.3 2.30 10 550 5135 -3.4 -15.0 40 11.6 -7.8 340 42 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.3 2.17 11 500 5879 -9.6 -16.8 56 7.2 -12.1 331 46 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.2 2.05 12 450 6684 -14.5 -32.2 21 17.8 -18.3 326 42 325.0 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.57 13 400 7567 -20.1 -40.0 15 19.9 -23.2 331 39 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.29 14 350 8547 -24.7 -49.7 8 25.0 -27.4 340 54 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 15 300 9648 -33.9 -51.7 15 17.8 -35.3 339 67 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.11 16 250 10898 -43.3 -58.0 18 14.7 -44.0 328 66 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.06 17 200 12373 -50.9 -68.6 10 17.7 -51.3 308 54 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14202 -60.3 -77.4 9 17.0 -60.5 308 37 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16697 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.4 118 3 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.95 m Freezing level: 585.75 mb = 4638.41 m = 15217.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3872.53 m = 12705.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.56 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.07 mb = 1052.68 m = 3453.65 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.35 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.09 mb = 3273.40 m = 10739.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.81 C = 92.85 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 31.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 370.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.57 mb = 2161.93 m = 7092.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.57 mb = 5212.35 m = 17100.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.57 mb = 8049.34 m = 26408.27 ft B at Equ Level: 154.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.57 mb = 10255.60 m = 33646.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.3 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 8.3 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: -54.8 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 185.99 m/s