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: 40.32,-102.50 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -102.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 543 2 900 1016 SFC 881 1202 30.2 12.6 34 17.6 18.3 150 13 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.0 10.46 4 850 1522 25.3 10.8 40 14.5 15.8 159 16 312.6 314.5 294.9 342.3 9.60 5 800 2050 20.2 9.5 50 10.6 13.4 171 16 312.7 314.4 294.7 341.7 9.38 6 750 2602 15.1 8.1 63 6.9 10.7 181 16 312.9 314.7 294.6 341.1 9.10 7 700 3183 11.4 2.0 52 9.5 6.1 205 18 315.1 316.3 293.0 335.0 6.31 8 650 3798 7.4 -3.2 47 10.7 2.0 230 20 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.3 4.64 9 600 4451 2.8 -10.8 36 13.6 -3.1 294 10 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.80 10 550 5147 -3.4 -12.1 51 8.7 -7.0 314 16 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.1 2.74 11 500 5891 -9.8 -16.8 57 7.0 -12.2 310 21 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.0 2.05 12 450 6694 -15.9 -27.1 38 11.1 -18.6 293 28 323.2 323.4 290.7 326.5 0.92 13 400 7571 -22.0 -36.7 25 14.7 -24.4 296 42 326.4 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.41 14 350 8542 -27.6 -47.3 13 19.8 -29.6 299 44 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.15 15 300 9631 -36.0 -51.1 20 15.1 -37.1 299 49 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.12 16 250 10872 -45.0 -57.4 24 12.4 -45.6 302 68 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 17 200 12334 -53.1 -65.9 20 12.8 -53.4 296 71 348.7 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14161 -59.9 -76.6 9 16.8 -60.1 272 35 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16662 -64.0 -83.7 5 19.7 -64.1 207 10 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.84 m Freezing level: 577.65 mb = 4762.12 m = 15623.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.50 mb = 4046.19 m = 13274.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.47 mb = 3393.26 m = 11132.59 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.02 mb = 3911.26 m = 12832.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.97 C Showalter Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.72 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.61 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.28 mb = 3371.20 m = 11060.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.28 mb = 4732.03 m = 15524.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.28 mb = 11438.62 m = 37527.83 ft B at Equ Level: 929.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.28 mb = 14190.59 m = 46556.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 150.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 9.72 Bulk Shear: 96.44 m/s