MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.14,-67.13 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -67.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 1 25.8 23.8 89 1.9 24.3 4 28 298.0 301.4 297.1 352.3 18.69 1 1000 96 24.5 22.6 89 1.9 23.1 6 34 297.6 300.8 296.3 348.3 17.49 2 950 545 21.3 20.9 98 0.4 21.1 10 34 298.8 301.8 296.0 347.2 16.60 3 900 1014 20.1 19.2 95 0.8 19.5 2 28 302.2 305.1 296.4 348.9 15.79 4 850 1508 18.1 17.1 94 1.0 17.4 351 26 305.1 307.9 296.4 348.8 14.60 5 800 2027 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.7 343 26 307.8 310.2 296.0 346.9 12.95 6 750 2576 15.4 9.3 67 6.1 11.5 347 22 313.3 315.2 295.2 343.8 9.85 7 700 3160 13.4 3.7 52 9.7 7.6 336 18 317.3 318.7 294.3 339.9 7.14 8 650 3780 9.8 -6.0 32 15.8 2.0 323 19 320.0 320.7 292.3 332.3 3.76 9 600 4439 6.1 -16.3 18 22.4 -2.8 304 18 323.2 323.5 291.5 329.3 1.79 10 550 5145 0.7 -14.6 31 15.4 -5.4 288 18 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.23 11 500 5902 -4.7 -13.2 51 8.5 -8.2 279 21 327.3 327.9 293.5 336.8 2.77 12 450 6724 -9.6 -21.4 37 11.9 -13.4 273 23 331.2 331.5 293.5 336.7 1.53 13 400 7625 -13.9 -42.9 7 29.0 -19.0 277 27 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.22 14 350 8624 -21.6 -49.1 6 27.5 -25.1 287 28 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 15 300 9739 -30.4 -50.3 13 19.9 -32.3 285 41 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.13 16 250 11007 -40.5 -54.6 21 14.0 -41.3 270 41 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12491 -51.6 -61.7 29 10.1 -51.9 260 39 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.05 18 150 14298 -65.5 -65.9 95 0.4 -65.5 223 23 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.04 19 100 16715 -67.8 -74.3 39 6.6 -67.8 199 4 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.02 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.73 m Freezing level: 543.19 mb = 5248.05 m = 17217.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 4045.07 m = 13271.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.24 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.37 mb = 243.10 m = 797.57 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 732.63 m = 2403.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 170.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 266.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.72 mb = 574.95 m = 1886.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.72 mb = 5413.45 m = 17760.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.72 mb = 11231.12 m = 36847.07 ft B at Equ Level: 169.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.72 mb = 13448.14 m = 44120.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.8 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 4.8 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -50.8 tot: -36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 46.71 m/s