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: 39.56,-102.24 Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 543 2 900 1008 SFC 880 1203 20.3 17.3 83 3.0 18.2 37 22 304.4 307.0 295.9 346.9 14.25 4 850 1501 17.6 15.7 88 2.0 16.3 37 34 304.6 307.1 295.3 344.2 13.28 5 800 2019 16.2 13.2 82 3.0 14.2 46 25 308.5 310.7 295.5 344.9 12.02 6 750 2568 14.2 10.4 78 3.8 11.7 41 11 312.0 314.0 295.4 344.6 10.61 7 700 3148 11.1 6.1 71 5.1 8.0 327 9 314.8 316.4 294.6 341.2 8.45 8 650 3763 6.7 2.1 72 4.6 4.1 300 23 316.6 317.9 293.9 338.4 6.88 9 600 4417 3.3 -2.9 64 6.2 0.1 287 40 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.6 5.14 10 550 5118 -1.4 -8.2 60 6.8 -4.5 283 47 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.8 3.74 11 500 5870 -6.9 -12.8 62 6.0 -9.2 279 50 324.7 325.2 292.9 334.3 2.85 12 450 6683 -12.9 -18.4 64 5.4 -14.7 273 53 327.0 327.4 292.7 333.9 2.00 13 400 7569 -19.6 -25.3 60 5.7 -21.0 272 52 329.5 329.8 292.7 333.9 1.22 14 350 8546 -27.0 -32.9 57 5.9 -28.0 275 48 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.8 0.68 15 300 9638 -35.5 -37.9 79 2.4 -35.8 272 46 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.2 0.49 16 250 10882 -44.5 -45.0 95 0.5 -44.5 260 44 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12342 -55.0 -55.3 97 0.2 -55.1 239 40 345.6 345.6 295.7 346.1 0.11 18 150 14141 -61.9 -65.5 62 3.6 -62.0 277 41 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.6 0.04 19 100 16645 -61.5 -84.7 3 23.1 -61.7 299 7 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.13 m Freezing level: 564.97 mb = 4908.00 m = 16102.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.15 mb = 4428.72 m = 14529.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.50 mb = 1586.49 m = 5204.97 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2871.14 m = 9419.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.01 mb = 2050.73 m = 6728.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.01 mb = 4662.31 m = 15296.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.01 mb = 12276.21 m = 40275.80 ft B at Equ Level: 859.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.01 mb = 14930.30 m = 48983.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 7.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.5 neg: -80.4 tot: 198.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 350.00 m/s