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: 42.60,-103.59 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 512 2 900 985 SFC 866 1323 32.7 8.0 22 24.6 16.8 165 15 318.6 320.1 295.1 343.4 7.79 4 850 1493 29.3 6.6 24 22.7 15.1 168 18 316.9 318.2 294.2 339.6 7.20 5 800 2028 23.9 5.3 30 18.6 12.6 176 17 316.7 318.0 294.0 338.9 7.01 6 750 2586 18.6 4.0 38 14.6 9.9 185 15 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.3 6.79 7 700 3172 13.1 2.5 49 10.5 7.0 193 14 316.9 318.2 293.8 337.8 6.58 8 650 3789 7.2 0.9 64 6.3 3.7 204 12 317.1 318.3 293.6 337.1 6.30 9 600 4441 1.2 -2.0 79 3.2 -0.4 236 10 317.5 318.6 293.1 335.2 5.53 10 550 5134 -4.1 -11.7 55 7.6 -7.2 297 17 319.2 319.8 291.3 328.6 2.84 11 500 5878 -9.9 -19.0 47 9.1 -12.8 286 25 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.7 1.70 12 450 6679 -17.0 -22.1 64 5.1 -18.4 281 34 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.44 13 400 7553 -21.5 -41.9 14 20.4 -24.4 282 31 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.24 14 350 8526 -28.2 -43.3 22 15.2 -29.9 283 37 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.24 15 300 9610 -37.3 -45.9 40 8.6 -38.0 287 42 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.21 16 250 10843 -46.4 -53.4 45 7.0 -46.7 290 58 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.11 17 200 12300 -54.0 -63.4 31 9.4 -54.2 287 70 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14127 -57.1 -78.4 5 21.3 -57.4 272 40 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16656 -61.7 -84.0 4 22.3 -61.9 178 10 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.78 m Freezing level: 588.64 mb = 4598.09 m = 15085.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.40 mb = 4367.69 m = 14329.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 605.32 mb = 4368.71 m = 14332.85 ft T: 1.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.48 C/km ThetaE index: 16.62 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.39 mb = 4408.20 m = 14462.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.70 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 39.22 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 607.16 mb = 4343.95 m = 14251.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 592.16 mb = 4545.38 m = 14912.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.16 mb = 11051.23 m = 36256.86 ft B at Equ Level: 680.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.16 mb = 13631.95 m = 44723.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 38.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 8.69 Bulk Shear: 78.25 m/s