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: 41.37,-102.88 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 521 2 900 995 SFC 879 1212 32.4 11.5 28 20.9 18.4 145 15 317.1 319.0 296.1 347.7 9.74 4 850 1505 27.9 9.8 32 18.1 16.1 154 19 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.6 9.01 5 800 2037 22.7 8.7 41 14.0 13.7 167 19 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.1 8.85 6 750 2594 17.5 7.5 52 10.0 11.2 178 19 315.6 317.2 295.0 342.8 8.71 7 700 3178 11.9 6.3 68 5.7 8.5 186 19 315.7 317.3 295.0 342.6 8.58 8 650 3794 7.2 1.0 65 6.2 3.8 210 17 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.4 6.36 9 600 4448 3.0 -10.4 37 13.4 -2.8 279 14 319.6 320.2 291.5 329.2 2.89 10 550 5144 -3.1 -14.4 41 11.2 -7.4 304 18 320.4 320.8 291.2 328.0 2.29 11 500 5890 -9.4 -18.6 47 9.2 -12.5 299 28 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.5 1.76 12 450 6693 -16.3 -26.5 41 10.2 -18.7 292 29 322.8 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.98 13 400 7568 -21.3 -41.0 15 19.7 -24.2 291 33 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.27 14 350 8542 -27.8 -44.8 18 17.0 -29.7 293 36 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.20 15 300 9629 -36.7 -48.2 29 11.5 -37.6 296 42 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.16 16 250 10866 -45.5 -56.5 28 10.9 -46.0 297 62 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12324 -54.2 -63.9 29 9.7 -54.4 293 79 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14148 -57.9 -78.4 6 20.6 -58.1 277 39 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16662 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 178 8 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.72 m Freezing level: 575.26 mb = 4792.22 m = 15722.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.28 mb = 4162.87 m = 13657.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.43 mb = 3813.31 m = 12510.71 ft T: 7.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 21.56 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.12 mb = 4073.31 m = 13363.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.60 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 41.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1131.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.53 mb = 3786.79 m = 12423.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 585.53 mb = 4643.03 m = 15232.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.53 mb = 11835.54 m = 38830.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1124.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.53 mb = 14776.64 m = 48479.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 124.21 m/s