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: 39.75,-100.99 Latitude: 39.75 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 532 SFC 908 924 24.1 16.0 60 8.1 18.5 16 21 305.5 307.9 295.1 343.5 12.67 3 900 1003 23.2 15.5 62 7.7 17.9 18 28 305.4 307.7 294.9 342.5 12.39 4 850 1498 19.0 14.1 73 4.9 15.7 24 36 306.1 308.3 294.8 342.0 11.96 5 800 2018 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.5 34 20 309.1 311.4 295.7 345.9 12.11 6 750 2568 14.1 11.7 85 2.4 12.5 68 6 311.9 314.1 296.1 347.4 11.58 7 700 3148 10.7 6.2 74 4.5 7.9 280 5 314.3 315.9 294.6 340.9 8.53 8 650 3765 9.5 -4.8 36 14.3 2.2 264 19 319.7 320.5 292.6 333.1 4.12 9 600 4423 4.9 -7.9 39 12.8 -1.2 255 22 321.8 322.4 292.6 333.3 3.51 10 550 5125 -1.4 -9.9 52 8.5 -5.1 253 27 322.4 323.1 292.6 333.3 3.28 11 500 5876 -7.7 -12.9 66 5.1 -9.8 259 30 323.6 324.2 292.6 333.1 2.84 12 450 6686 -13.9 -15.7 86 1.8 -14.6 264 36 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.2 2.50 13 400 7570 -20.3 -21.0 94 0.7 -20.5 264 41 328.6 329.0 293.0 334.9 1.79 14 350 8545 -27.4 -28.5 91 1.0 -27.6 263 43 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.04 15 300 9636 -35.6 -39.2 69 3.6 -36.0 262 44 335.3 335.3 293.6 336.9 0.43 16 250 10878 -45.3 -47.5 79 2.2 -45.4 256 43 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.5 0.21 17 200 12331 -55.4 -55.6 97 0.2 -55.4 259 47 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14139 -59.7 -74.8 12 15.1 -59.9 255 36 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16645 -61.6 -84.6 3 23.0 -61.8 247 7 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.29 m Freezing level: 561.07 mb = 4969.77 m = 16304.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.95 mb = 4194.06 m = 13759.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.28 mb = 1951.33 m = 6401.93 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.57 mb = 2986.64 m = 9798.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 291.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.99 mb = 2136.33 m = 7008.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.99 mb = 5211.60 m = 17098.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.99 mb = 11890.88 m = 39011.61 ft B at Equ Level: 722.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.99 mb = 14391.47 m = 47215.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.5 neg: -40.7 tot: 218.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 3.31 Bulk Shear: 220.04 m/s