MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.38,-102.56 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -102.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 492 2 900 965 SFC 874 1221 30.3 14.2 38 16.1 19.2 41 16 315.3 317.6 297.1 352.0 11.75 4 850 1472 26.9 13.1 42 13.9 17.5 42 20 314.4 316.5 296.4 349.1 11.19 5 800 2004 22.0 11.6 52 10.3 15.1 36 18 314.6 316.6 296.2 348.2 10.81 6 750 2561 17.1 10.2 64 6.9 12.6 26 15 315.1 317.2 296.2 347.9 10.51 7 700 3146 12.5 7.1 70 5.4 9.1 345 13 316.3 318.1 295.5 344.8 9.09 8 650 3764 7.5 1.8 67 5.8 4.2 318 14 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.8 6.70 9 600 4419 3.5 -3.0 63 6.4 0.1 294 8 320.1 321.1 293.5 336.7 5.13 10 550 5122 -0.2 -7.7 57 7.6 -3.7 276 16 323.9 324.7 293.5 336.8 3.89 11 500 5879 -4.6 -14.5 46 9.9 -8.5 275 26 327.4 327.9 293.3 335.9 2.49 12 450 6699 -10.6 -20.1 45 9.6 -13.7 276 28 329.9 330.3 293.3 336.0 1.72 13 400 7594 -17.7 -22.9 63 5.3 -19.1 273 27 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.4 1.51 14 350 8578 -25.1 -28.3 75 3.2 -25.8 279 29 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.8 1.06 15 300 9678 -33.9 -36.2 80 2.3 -34.2 278 33 337.6 337.8 294.3 339.9 0.58 16 250 10928 -44.1 -45.0 90 1.0 -44.1 271 34 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.27 17 200 12388 -55.3 -55.4 99 0.1 -55.3 265 41 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14176 -65.0 -65.7 90 0.7 -65.0 260 52 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.04 19 100 16648 -63.9 -84.3 5 20.4 -64.0 279 4 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.53 m Freezing level: 552.11 mb = 5092.17 m = 16706.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.22 mb = 4442.93 m = 14576.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.19 mb = 3239.45 m = 10627.98 ft T: 11.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.31 mb = 3557.07 m = 11670.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.02 C = 89.64 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1081.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.36 mb = 3273.66 m = 10740.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.36 mb = 3834.97 m = 12581.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.36 mb = 12894.29 m = 42303.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1078.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.36 mb = 15830.04 m = 51935.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.8 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 336.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -24.0 tot: -20.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.18 Bulk Shear: 96.70 m/s