MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 39.50,-100.91 Latitude: 39.50 Longitude: -100.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 512 SFC 905 937 29.8 15.2 41 14.7 19.7 34 15 311.7 314.0 296.4 348.8 12.05 3 900 988 27.6 14.6 45 12.9 18.7 34 17 309.9 312.1 295.7 345.6 11.71 4 850 1490 22.2 13.5 58 8.7 16.3 34 19 309.4 311.5 295.4 344.3 11.49 5 800 2013 17.6 12.1 70 5.5 14.0 32 16 310.0 312.1 295.3 344.1 11.18 6 750 2568 19.2 3.0 34 16.2 9.7 317 8 317.4 318.7 293.7 337.6 6.35 7 700 3157 15.9 -1.7 30 17.6 6.3 267 21 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.7 4.81 8 650 3781 11.6 -5.6 29 17.2 2.9 259 25 322.0 322.8 293.0 334.8 3.86 9 600 4443 5.7 -9.5 32 15.3 -1.3 252 23 322.8 323.4 292.6 333.1 3.09 10 550 5146 -0.9 -11.8 43 10.9 -5.5 246 23 323.1 323.6 292.4 332.5 2.82 11 500 5897 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.0 -10.0 246 24 323.7 324.2 292.4 332.6 2.65 12 450 6706 -14.5 -17.6 77 3.1 -15.5 244 27 325.0 325.5 292.3 332.3 2.13 13 400 7589 -19.8 -30.0 40 10.2 -22.0 241 35 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.1 0.79 14 350 8565 -27.6 -34.3 53 6.7 -28.7 249 36 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.8 0.60 15 300 9652 -36.4 -36.6 98 0.2 -36.4 253 31 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.2 0.56 16 250 10891 -45.7 -48.1 76 2.4 -45.9 259 40 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.20 17 200 12338 -57.3 -57.6 97 0.3 -57.3 267 44 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.3 0.08 18 150 14129 -60.9 -76.5 11 15.6 -61.1 249 22 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16632 -60.0 -84.2 3 24.2 -60.3 275 7 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.24 m Freezing level: 556.53 mb = 5053.89 m = 16580.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.26 mb = 4235.09 m = 13894.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.13 % Est. max temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.15 mb = 2784.89 m = 9136.67 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 626.46 mb = 4085.83 m = 13404.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.19 C = 104.35 F Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.79 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1102.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 467.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.42 mb = 2631.36 m = 8632.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 549.42 mb = 5154.08 m = 16909.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.42 mb = 12676.04 m = 41587.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1086.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.42 mb = 15039.80 m = 49342.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 6.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -33.0 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 6.74 Bulk Shear: 163.68 m/s