MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 38.63,-100.86 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -100.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 1 950 535 SFC 910 910 23.0 15.7 63 7.4 18.0 24 15 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.2 12.40 3 900 1005 22.2 15.4 66 6.8 17.6 25 22 304.3 306.6 294.6 341.0 12.31 4 850 1504 24.9 13.4 49 11.5 17.1 16 19 312.2 314.4 296.1 347.5 11.44 5 800 2035 22.0 9.8 46 12.2 14.1 20 10 314.6 316.4 295.4 344.4 9.57 6 750 2591 18.0 5.0 42 13.0 10.2 17 7 316.2 317.6 294.1 339.3 7.32 7 700 3177 13.8 0.1 39 13.6 6.2 346 4 317.7 318.8 293.2 335.4 5.53 8 650 3797 9.3 -3.7 40 13.0 2.6 303 5 319.4 320.3 292.8 333.9 4.47 9 600 4454 3.4 -5.8 51 9.1 -1.1 297 7 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.5 4.14 10 550 5152 -2.4 -7.5 68 5.1 -4.8 287 12 321.2 322.0 292.9 334.2 3.95 11 500 5901 -8.0 -9.9 86 1.9 -8.8 292 20 323.3 324.0 293.1 335.2 3.60 12 450 6712 -13.4 -14.7 90 1.3 -13.9 301 27 326.4 327.0 293.2 335.7 2.72 13 400 7599 -19.5 -21.3 86 1.8 -20.0 292 38 329.7 330.0 293.3 335.8 1.75 14 350 8577 -26.5 -29.7 75 3.2 -27.1 286 40 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.94 15 300 9670 -35.2 -36.6 87 1.4 -35.4 297 41 335.7 335.9 293.8 337.8 0.55 16 250 10914 -44.7 -44.7 100 0.0 -44.7 288 40 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.7 0.29 17 200 12372 -55.4 -55.5 99 0.1 -55.4 256 51 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14161 -62.7 -67.9 49 5.2 -62.8 262 42 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.03 19 100 16659 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 244 2 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.48 m Freezing level: 571.00 mb = 4858.72 m = 15940.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4253.69 m = 13955.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.28 C = 93.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.46 mb = 1856.59 m = 6091.10 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.98 mb = 3784.42 m = 12415.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.74 C = 99.93 F Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.67 C Showalter Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 932.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 380.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.65 mb = 2697.81 m = 8850.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.65 mb = 4648.04 m = 15249.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.65 mb = 12189.58 m = 39991.59 ft B at Equ Level: 931.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.65 mb = 14780.09 m = 48490.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -15.7 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 21.53 Bulk Shear: 43.32 m/s