MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-102.50 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -102.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 503 2 900 978 SFC 878 1202 31.6 14.1 35 17.5 19.5 142 19 316.3 318.6 297.2 352.5 11.57 4 850 1488 28.7 12.2 36 16.5 17.5 148 29 316.2 318.2 296.4 349.2 10.55 5 800 2023 23.8 10.7 44 13.1 15.1 158 28 316.5 318.4 296.3 348.3 10.14 6 750 2582 18.8 8.9 53 9.9 12.4 171 24 317.0 318.8 296.0 347.2 9.61 7 700 3170 13.7 6.7 63 7.0 9.3 191 21 317.6 319.3 295.6 345.5 8.83 8 650 3789 8.3 3.9 74 4.4 5.7 212 22 318.4 319.9 295.1 343.2 7.82 9 600 4445 2.6 -0.1 82 2.7 1.1 227 22 319.1 320.3 294.1 339.3 6.33 10 550 5143 -1.9 -11.5 48 9.7 -5.9 282 21 321.9 322.4 292.1 331.4 2.88 11 500 5893 -7.6 -17.6 45 10.0 -11.1 291 36 323.8 324.2 291.8 330.4 1.92 12 450 6703 -13.8 -23.4 44 9.6 -16.5 288 41 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.4 1.29 13 400 7588 -19.0 -40.6 13 21.5 -22.4 301 37 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.28 14 350 8567 -26.7 -46.6 13 19.9 -28.9 303 35 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 15 300 9659 -35.5 -50.5 20 15.0 -36.6 304 50 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10903 -43.8 -45.9 79 2.2 -43.9 303 64 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.25 17 200 12365 -55.1 -58.7 65 3.5 -55.2 298 69 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14179 -60.6 -76.4 11 15.8 -60.8 272 34 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16674 -63.5 -83.5 5 20.0 -63.7 204 16 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.63 m Freezing level: 571.23 mb = 4846.50 m = 15900.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.33 mb = 4548.09 m = 14921.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.82 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.64 mb = 3404.29 m = 11168.79 ft T: 11.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 22.17 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.68 mb = 3831.29 m = 12569.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 41.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1521.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 665.09 mb = 3597.44 m = 11802.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.09 mb = 4044.06 m = 13267.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.09 mb = 12685.44 m = 41618.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1519.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.09 mb = 15547.37 m = 51007.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 7.43 Bulk Shear: 204.85 m/s