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: 42.05,-103.30 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 1 950 533 2 900 1005 SFC 871 1294 30.3 9.5 28 20.7 16.8 154 12 315.6 317.3 295.0 342.6 8.60 4 850 1510 26.3 8.2 32 18.1 14.8 160 16 313.7 315.3 294.0 338.9 8.06 5 800 2039 21.1 7.0 40 14.1 12.4 170 17 313.6 315.1 293.9 338.2 7.89 6 750 2593 15.9 5.7 51 10.2 9.7 179 17 313.8 315.3 293.8 337.8 7.68 7 700 3174 11.1 2.5 55 8.6 6.2 192 17 314.8 316.0 293.2 335.4 6.55 8 650 3788 7.2 -6.3 38 13.5 0.7 220 16 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.68 9 600 4440 2.1 -11.8 35 13.9 -3.7 272 11 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.0 2.58 10 550 5134 -4.0 -12.0 54 8.0 -7.2 288 19 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.77 11 500 5877 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.6 297 26 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.2 2.84 12 450 6678 -16.1 -21.4 63 5.3 -17.6 292 23 323.0 323.3 291.2 328.3 1.53 13 400 7553 -23.2 -29.7 55 6.5 -24.5 273 30 324.9 325.0 291.1 327.8 0.81 14 350 8521 -28.3 -46.4 16 18.1 -30.2 291 34 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.17 15 300 9605 -37.2 -46.8 36 9.5 -38.0 294 40 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.19 16 250 10837 -46.7 -55.2 37 8.5 -47.1 292 54 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.09 17 200 12292 -53.3 -64.5 24 11.2 -53.5 290 49 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14129 -56.7 -78.4 5 21.7 -56.9 269 33 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16658 -62.9 -83.8 4 20.8 -63.1 213 9 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.73 m Freezing level: 583.01 mb = 4675.86 m = 15340.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.88 mb = 3890.33 m = 12763.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.05 C = 84.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 643.56 mb = 3869.05 m = 12693.58 ft T: 6.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.12 C/km ThetaE index: 15.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.30 mb = 4274.63 m = 14024.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.87 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 36.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 673.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.90 mb = 3801.80 m = 12472.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.90 mb = 4794.92 m = 15731.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.90 mb = 11271.39 m = 36979.18 ft B at Equ Level: 657.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.90 mb = 13563.40 m = 44498.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 103.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 8.14 Bulk Shear: 82.68 m/s