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: 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 76 1 950 516 2 900 989 SFC 870 1295 32.4 9.9 25 22.5 17.6 154 15 318.0 319.7 295.7 346.0 8.85 4 850 1498 28.6 8.6 29 20.0 15.8 159 19 316.1 317.7 294.8 342.2 8.30 5 800 2031 23.3 7.5 36 15.8 13.3 169 19 316.0 317.6 294.7 341.6 8.15 6 750 2589 18.0 6.2 46 11.9 10.7 180 17 316.1 317.7 294.6 341.1 7.93 7 700 3174 12.5 4.9 60 7.6 7.9 188 16 316.3 317.8 294.5 340.8 7.77 8 650 3790 6.8 2.6 75 4.2 4.4 202 14 316.7 318.0 294.1 339.2 7.13 9 600 4442 1.9 -4.2 64 6.1 -1.1 257 11 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.4 4.68 10 550 5137 -3.7 -11.2 56 7.5 -6.8 296 17 319.7 320.2 291.5 329.4 2.94 11 500 5882 -9.6 -17.6 52 8.0 -12.3 291 30 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.91 12 450 6684 -16.6 -24.7 49 8.1 -18.6 289 34 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.4 1.15 13 400 7561 -20.8 -43.7 11 22.9 -23.9 285 32 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 14 350 8535 -28.0 -43.9 20 16.0 -29.8 288 35 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 15 300 9620 -37.0 -47.2 34 10.1 -37.8 289 41 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 16 250 10855 -46.3 -54.5 39 8.1 -46.7 292 56 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 17 200 12311 -54.4 -62.4 36 8.1 -54.6 290 78 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14136 -56.8 -78.7 5 21.9 -57.1 274 40 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.01 19 100 16658 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 174 9 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.37 m Freezing level: 583.12 mb = 4677.03 m = 15344.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.14 mb = 4305.85 m = 14126.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 627.40 mb = 4078.35 m = 13380.23 ft T: 4.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.80 mb = 4164.59 m = 13663.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.68 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.20 C Cross Totals Index: 18.24 C K Index: 39.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 974.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.58 mb = 4011.27 m = 13160.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.58 mb = 4474.73 m = 14680.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.58 mb = 11760.85 m = 38585.01 ft B at Equ Level: 961.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.58 mb = 14236.84 m = 46708.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 8.78 Bulk Shear: 110.89 m/s