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: 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 81 1 950 523 2 900 998 SFC 880 1202 33.4 11.6 27 21.8 18.7 151 15 318.0 319.8 296.4 348.8 9.77 4 850 1509 28.8 9.6 30 19.2 16.3 161 19 316.3 318.0 295.3 344.1 8.87 5 800 2043 23.6 8.6 38 15.0 14.0 173 19 316.3 318.0 295.3 343.9 8.79 6 750 2601 18.3 7.4 49 10.9 11.4 185 18 316.4 318.1 295.2 343.6 8.66 7 700 3187 12.7 6.2 64 6.5 8.7 193 18 316.6 318.2 295.1 343.4 8.53 8 650 3804 7.0 4.4 84 2.5 5.5 204 17 316.8 318.4 294.9 342.4 8.13 9 600 4456 1.7 -2.0 76 3.7 -0.3 240 13 318.1 319.1 293.2 335.7 5.49 10 550 5153 -2.8 -16.2 35 13.4 -7.7 313 18 320.8 321.1 291.0 327.4 1.97 11 500 5899 -9.4 -19.5 44 10.1 -12.6 299 22 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.2 1.64 12 450 6702 -15.9 -28.1 34 12.2 -18.7 297 31 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.3 0.84 13 400 7579 -21.5 -38.3 20 16.8 -24.1 299 38 327.1 327.1 291.3 328.4 0.35 14 350 8553 -27.4 -46.1 15 18.7 -29.4 298 40 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.18 15 300 9642 -35.9 -51.7 18 15.8 -37.0 301 48 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10885 -44.6 -56.2 26 11.6 -45.1 303 68 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.08 17 200 12346 -54.5 -61.1 44 6.7 -54.6 297 77 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.05 18 150 14164 -59.7 -76.9 9 17.2 -59.9 272 35 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16668 -63.2 -83.6 5 20.4 -63.4 188 10 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.22 m Freezing level: 581.23 mb = 4717.79 m = 15478.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.38 mb = 4424.09 m = 14514.57 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.46 mb = 3911.74 m = 12833.64 ft T: 6.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.74 mb = 3984.68 m = 13072.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 41.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1144.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.57 mb = 3910.35 m = 12829.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.57 mb = 4103.19 m = 13461.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.57 mb = 11825.02 m = 38795.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1142.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.57 mb = 14743.51 m = 48370.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 107.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 11.32 Bulk Shear: 101.11 m/s