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: 43.99,-104.24 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -104.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 524 2 900 992 3 850 1493 SFC 839 1610 28.7 7.9 27 20.7 15.4 155 11 317.4 318.9 295.0 342.7 8.01 5 800 2024 22.8 5.8 33 17.0 12.4 163 16 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.2 7.25 6 750 2580 17.3 4.2 42 13.1 9.5 171 15 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.1 6.90 7 700 3163 11.9 2.4 52 9.4 6.5 180 13 315.6 316.9 293.4 336.2 6.53 8 650 3777 6.7 -2.1 53 8.8 2.1 214 11 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.6 5.03 9 600 4429 2.1 -13.5 31 15.5 -4.2 274 13 318.5 318.9 290.6 326.0 2.25 10 550 5123 -4.4 -17.0 37 12.6 -8.8 297 16 318.9 319.2 290.3 325.1 1.83 11 500 5864 -10.8 -18.5 53 7.7 -13.2 278 22 319.9 320.3 290.5 325.9 1.78 12 450 6664 -16.9 -26.8 42 9.9 -19.2 267 30 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.95 13 400 7538 -22.6 -35.7 29 13.1 -24.8 277 29 325.6 325.6 290.9 327.2 0.45 14 350 8506 -28.9 -42.8 25 13.9 -30.5 279 37 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.7 0.25 15 300 9587 -37.9 -42.3 63 4.4 -38.3 277 43 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.2 0.31 16 250 10816 -47.4 -54.0 46 6.6 -47.7 283 55 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12269 -53.7 -64.0 27 10.3 -54.0 279 53 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14102 -55.7 -78.6 4 22.9 -56.0 252 24 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16647 -60.8 -84.1 3 23.4 -61.0 191 10 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.58 m Freezing level: 583.99 mb = 4651.42 m = 15260.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.49 mb = 3987.03 m = 13080.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 618.93 mb = 4176.32 m = 13701.67 ft T: 3.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.38 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.68 mb = 4473.51 m = 14676.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 741.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 619.19 mb = 4172.86 m = 13690.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.19 mb = 4779.72 m = 15681.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.19 mb = 11241.64 m = 36881.56 ft B at Equ Level: 731.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.19 mb = 13525.93 m = 44375.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 9.59 Bulk Shear: 77.29 m/s