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: 41.69,-102.24 Latitude: 41.69 Longitude: -102.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 514 2 900 988 SFC 883 1157 29.7 10.8 31 18.9 17.3 138 18 313.8 315.6 295.0 342.6 9.27 4 850 1494 26.0 8.9 34 17.2 15.1 141 26 313.4 315.0 294.2 339.6 8.43 5 800 2023 21.0 8.0 43 12.9 12.9 144 24 313.5 315.1 294.3 339.9 8.47 6 750 2577 16.2 7.2 55 9.0 10.6 157 22 314.2 315.8 294.5 340.7 8.51 7 700 3160 12.7 4.4 57 8.4 7.8 197 18 316.6 318.0 294.4 340.2 7.49 8 650 3778 8.2 -4.8 39 13.0 1.7 207 13 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.6 4.13 9 600 4432 3.1 -11.4 33 14.6 -3.1 254 4 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.6 2.66 10 550 5130 -2.2 -15.9 34 13.7 -7.4 295 15 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.01 11 500 5878 -8.5 -18.1 46 9.5 -11.8 287 26 322.6 323.0 291.4 328.9 1.84 12 450 6685 -15.1 -19.0 72 3.9 -16.3 282 30 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.7 1.89 13 400 7565 -20.8 -29.7 45 8.9 -22.7 297 31 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.81 14 350 8538 -27.9 -36.2 45 8.3 -29.2 306 30 331.1 331.2 292.5 333.0 0.49 15 300 9625 -36.6 -38.2 85 1.6 -36.8 298 36 333.8 333.8 293.2 335.5 0.47 16 250 10864 -44.9 -45.0 98 0.2 -44.9 292 55 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.28 17 200 12323 -54.7 -55.8 87 1.1 -54.7 296 76 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.6 0.10 18 150 14154 -56.9 -78.1 5 21.2 -57.2 271 32 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16670 -62.6 -84.0 4 21.4 -62.8 170 14 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.79 m Freezing level: 570.80 mb = 4840.04 m = 15879.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.11 mb = 4006.09 m = 13143.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.57 mb = 3518.17 m = 11542.40 ft T: 10.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.43 mb = 4278.21 m = 14035.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.09 C = 95.17 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.59 C Cross Totals Index: 17.41 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.79 mb = 3628.04 m = 11902.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 546.79 mb = 5176.42 m = 16982.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.79 mb = 10948.59 m = 35920.13 ft B at Equ Level: 521.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.79 mb = 13478.62 m = 44220.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -1.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: -24.5 tot: 105.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 3.93 Bulk Shear: 133.92 m/s