MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.29,-103.07 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -103.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 534 2 900 1006 SFC 866 1347 30.8 11.2 30 19.6 17.7 164 13 316.7 318.5 296.0 347.1 9.69 4 850 1512 27.5 9.6 33 17.9 15.8 168 17 314.9 316.6 294.9 342.5 8.84 5 800 2044 22.2 8.3 41 13.8 13.4 176 18 314.8 316.4 294.7 341.8 8.64 6 750 2599 16.9 7.1 52 9.9 10.8 182 18 314.9 316.6 294.6 341.4 8.44 7 700 3183 11.5 5.4 66 6.1 7.8 188 18 315.2 316.8 294.4 340.6 8.09 8 650 3798 7.9 -3.8 44 11.6 2.0 212 17 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.2 4.46 9 600 4452 3.0 -11.2 34 14.2 -3.1 271 9 319.6 320.2 291.3 328.6 2.71 10 550 5149 -3.2 -13.7 44 10.5 -7.2 312 17 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.4 2.42 11 500 5894 -9.6 -18.5 48 8.9 -12.6 306 20 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.77 12 450 6697 -15.9 -27.1 38 11.2 -18.6 289 29 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.6 0.93 13 400 7574 -22.0 -36.7 25 14.7 -24.4 293 42 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.41 14 350 8545 -27.6 -46.9 14 19.2 -29.7 295 44 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 15 300 9634 -35.8 -51.9 18 16.1 -36.9 295 52 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10877 -44.8 -57.4 23 12.6 -45.3 300 71 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 17 200 12339 -53.5 -65.3 22 11.8 -53.8 294 73 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.2 0.03 18 150 14162 -60.0 -76.8 9 16.8 -60.2 272 35 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16659 -63.3 -83.7 5 20.5 -63.5 201 11 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.75 m Freezing level: 575.49 mb = 4793.81 m = 15727.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.62 mb = 4045.51 m = 13272.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.30 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.32 mb = 3781.20 m = 12405.37 ft T: 7.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 20.51 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.48 mb = 4217.57 m = 13836.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 40.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 850.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 651.85 mb = 3774.49 m = 12383.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.85 mb = 4767.29 m = 15640.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.85 mb = 11230.58 m = 36845.28 ft B at Equ Level: 849.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.85 mb = 14292.75 m = 46891.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -8.1 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 10.22 Bulk Shear: 83.23 m/s