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: 38.40,-102.29 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -102.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 900 966 SFC 878 1187 31.1 13.7 35 17.4 19.1 33 16 315.8 318.0 296.8 351.1 11.29 4 850 1475 27.5 12.6 40 14.9 17.4 35 20 315.0 317.1 296.4 348.8 10.85 5 800 2007 22.3 11.7 51 10.6 15.3 34 18 314.9 317.0 296.4 348.8 10.87 6 750 2564 17.0 10.6 66 6.5 12.8 30 16 315.1 317.1 296.3 348.5 10.74 7 700 3149 12.3 7.6 73 4.8 9.3 1 13 316.1 318.0 295.6 345.6 9.38 8 650 3768 9.2 -0.8 50 9.9 3.8 319 11 319.4 320.4 293.6 337.3 5.58 9 600 4426 4.6 -5.1 49 9.7 -0.3 297 9 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.6 4.36 10 550 5130 -0.1 -9.0 51 8.9 -4.1 284 16 324.0 324.7 293.3 335.7 3.52 11 500 5886 -5.3 -13.5 52 8.2 -8.6 278 24 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.7 2.69 12 450 6704 -11.4 -18.0 58 6.7 -13.7 276 26 328.9 329.4 293.3 336.1 2.05 13 400 7596 -18.2 -22.7 68 4.5 -19.5 270 26 331.3 331.6 293.5 336.8 1.54 14 350 8579 -25.5 -29.1 72 3.6 -26.3 273 30 334.3 334.5 293.8 337.9 0.98 15 300 9677 -34.2 -36.0 84 1.8 -34.4 279 36 337.2 337.3 294.2 339.5 0.59 16 250 10926 -44.4 -45.3 91 0.9 -44.5 276 38 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.1 0.27 17 200 12384 -55.3 -55.5 98 0.2 -55.4 271 48 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.10 18 150 14175 -64.8 -66.6 79 1.8 -64.8 267 50 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.03 19 100 16646 -63.9 -84.3 5 20.4 -64.0 280 4 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.12 m Freezing level: 550.66 mb = 5120.74 m = 16800.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.38 mb = 4380.05 m = 14370.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 681.48 mb = 3373.08 m = 11066.39 ft T: 11.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.14 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.09 mb = 3868.85 m = 12692.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.84 C Cross Totals Index: 17.91 C K Index: 40.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1200.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.20 mb = 3352.04 m = 10997.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.20 mb = 4586.91 m = 15048.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.20 mb = 13102.57 m = 42986.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1183.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.20 mb = 15626.92 m = 51268.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -13.2 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 16.22 Bulk Shear: 74.00 m/s