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: 41.37,-102.88 Latitude: 41.37 Longitude: -102.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 497 2 900 970 SFC 876 1211 29.8 12.5 35 17.3 18.2 129 23 314.7 316.7 296.0 347.3 10.48 4 850 1477 26.8 10.7 36 16.2 16.3 131 34 314.3 316.1 295.3 344.0 9.54 5 800 2008 22.7 9.2 42 13.5 14.0 145 33 315.4 317.2 295.3 344.2 9.19 6 750 2567 19.3 6.7 44 12.6 11.4 171 30 317.5 319.1 295.2 343.6 8.24 7 700 3155 14.3 4.0 50 10.3 8.2 184 29 318.3 319.8 294.7 341.6 7.32 8 650 3775 8.7 1.1 59 7.6 4.4 191 27 318.8 320.0 294.1 339.1 6.37 9 600 4431 2.7 -2.4 69 5.2 0.0 199 22 319.3 320.3 293.4 336.5 5.34 10 550 5128 -2.9 -6.0 79 3.1 -4.3 231 26 320.7 321.6 293.1 335.2 4.46 11 500 5876 -8.7 -12.3 75 3.6 -10.1 260 40 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.3 2.97 12 450 6683 -14.8 -20.1 64 5.3 -16.4 277 51 324.6 324.9 291.9 330.5 1.72 13 400 7563 -20.8 -30.5 42 9.7 -22.8 281 48 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.7 0.76 14 350 8539 -26.9 -34.7 47 7.8 -28.2 291 43 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.6 0.57 15 300 9634 -34.0 -38.2 66 4.2 -34.6 300 48 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.2 0.47 16 250 10886 -43.0 -45.4 77 2.4 -43.2 302 65 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.2 0.26 17 200 12350 -55.1 -56.9 80 1.8 -55.1 305 70 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.09 18 150 14158 -59.6 -77.0 9 17.4 -59.7 274 42 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16668 -62.1 -84.0 4 21.9 -62.3 185 14 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.93 m Freezing level: 575.56 mb = 4771.82 m = 15655.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4434.08 m = 14547.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.95 C = 91.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 680.87 mb = 3387.27 m = 11112.96 ft T: 12.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.63 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 627.34 mb = 4066.05 m = 13339.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.19 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.13 mb = 3620.85 m = 11879.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.13 mb = 4469.52 m = 14663.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.13 mb = 11515.43 m = 37779.81 ft B at Equ Level: 834.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.13 mb = 14277.53 m = 46841.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.7 neg: -9.5 tot: 291.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 3.20 Bulk Shear: 261.54 m/s