MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.36,-100.25 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -100.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 576 SFC 926 796 16.3 11.3 72 5.1 13.2 238 7 295.9 297.6 289.5 322.3 9.10 3 900 1038 18.7 9.4 55 9.3 13.0 223 16 300.7 302.2 290.3 325.1 8.24 4 850 1530 19.5 9.7 53 9.8 13.3 176 13 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.5 8.91 5 800 2050 17.7 4.7 42 13.0 10.1 123 8 310.0 311.3 291.9 330.8 6.73 6 750 2599 14.4 -0.1 37 14.5 6.6 38 5 312.3 313.2 291.2 328.2 5.07 7 700 3177 10.0 -3.2 39 13.2 3.3 316 10 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.2 4.31 8 650 3787 5.3 -7.5 39 12.8 -0.6 334 21 314.9 315.6 290.5 325.7 3.33 9 600 4434 -0.3 -6.8 61 6.5 -3.3 346 24 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.84 10 550 5125 -5.2 -12.0 59 6.8 -7.9 331 31 317.9 318.5 290.9 327.0 2.77 11 500 5866 -10.1 -21.3 39 11.2 -13.5 331 28 320.7 321.0 290.4 325.5 1.39 12 450 6670 -15.1 -32.3 21 17.2 -18.7 332 33 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.3 0.56 13 400 7550 -20.5 -43.9 10 23.4 -23.7 321 45 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.19 14 350 8527 -26.9 -46.0 15 19.0 -29.0 319 46 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.18 15 300 9617 -35.1 -53.0 14 17.9 -36.4 322 54 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 16 250 10863 -44.3 -59.5 17 15.2 -44.9 309 67 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12337 -49.9 -69.4 8 19.5 -50.4 303 60 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14180 -58.1 -78.9 5 20.8 -58.3 304 40 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16682 -66.2 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.3 263 4 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.72 m Freezing level: 602.40 mb = 4403.18 m = 14445.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.64 mb = 3691.02 m = 12109.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.27 mb = 1446.37 m = 4745.26 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 7.80 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.44 mb = 3806.77 m = 12489.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.94 C = 94.89 F Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lifted Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.11 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7309.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.20 mb = 2461.53 m = 8075.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.7 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 0.7 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -143.5 tot: -82.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -27.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 101.82 m/s