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: 42.42,-103.43 Latitude: 42.42 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 515 2 900 988 SFC 866 1334 32.3 9.0 24 23.2 17.1 162 16 318.3 319.9 295.4 344.8 8.36 4 850 1496 29.0 7.6 26 21.3 15.4 166 19 316.5 318.0 294.5 340.8 7.73 5 800 2029 23.6 6.4 33 17.2 12.9 174 19 316.3 317.8 294.3 340.1 7.55 6 750 2587 18.3 5.0 42 13.3 10.3 184 17 316.5 317.9 294.2 339.6 7.32 7 700 3173 12.8 3.6 54 9.1 7.4 193 15 316.6 318.0 294.1 339.1 7.12 8 650 3789 7.0 1.9 70 5.0 4.1 204 13 316.8 318.2 293.9 338.4 6.79 9 600 4441 1.1 -1.3 84 2.4 -0.2 240 10 317.4 318.5 293.3 335.9 5.80 10 550 5134 -4.1 -11.1 58 7.0 -7.0 299 19 319.3 319.8 291.5 329.1 2.98 11 500 5878 -9.7 -19.1 46 9.4 -12.8 288 27 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.9 1.68 12 450 6680 -16.8 -23.2 58 6.4 -18.5 285 34 322.1 322.3 290.7 326.6 1.31 13 400 7556 -21.2 -42.9 12 21.7 -24.2 284 31 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.22 14 350 8528 -28.1 -43.2 22 15.2 -29.9 285 36 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 15 300 9614 -37.2 -46.7 37 9.5 -37.9 289 42 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.19 16 250 10847 -46.3 -54.0 41 7.7 -46.6 291 58 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12304 -54.0 -63.4 31 9.4 -54.2 288 70 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14131 -57.2 -78.3 5 21.1 -57.5 274 41 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16657 -61.9 -84.0 4 22.1 -62.1 176 10 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.36 m Freezing level: 589.36 mb = 4588.72 m = 15054.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.82 mb = 4416.42 m = 14489.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 617.29 mb = 4209.76 m = 13811.39 ft T: 3.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 18.14 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 613.67 mb = 4257.68 m = 13968.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 810.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.60 mb = 4179.44 m = 13711.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.60 mb = 4379.00 m = 14366.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.60 mb = 11262.54 m = 36950.16 ft B at Equ Level: 808.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.60 mb = 13939.02 m = 45731.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 284.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 51.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 97.12 m/s