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: 42.62,-103.11 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 513 2 900 986 SFC 877 1219 30.0 11.7 32 18.3 17.8 175 21 314.8 316.7 295.7 345.7 9.92 4 850 1492 26.2 10.8 38 15.4 16.1 175 28 313.6 315.4 295.1 343.4 9.63 5 800 2022 21.9 8.9 44 12.9 13.6 172 24 314.4 316.2 294.9 342.5 9.01 6 750 2579 17.2 7.3 52 9.9 11.0 170 17 315.2 316.9 294.8 342.2 8.60 7 700 3163 12.1 5.7 65 6.4 8.2 173 12 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.8 8.26 8 650 3779 6.7 3.9 82 2.8 5.0 198 6 316.5 318.0 294.6 341.1 7.79 9 600 4431 1.7 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 264 6 318.1 319.4 294.3 339.8 6.80 10 550 5127 -3.1 -5.0 86 1.9 -4.1 294 17 320.4 321.3 293.3 335.9 4.78 11 500 5873 -9.1 -12.3 78 3.2 -10.4 282 31 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.8 2.97 12 450 6679 -15.2 -19.9 67 4.7 -16.6 269 40 324.1 324.5 291.7 330.1 1.75 13 400 7559 -20.2 -34.4 27 14.2 -22.8 273 39 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.52 14 350 8535 -26.7 -32.3 59 5.5 -27.8 264 40 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.73 15 300 9632 -34.2 -40.5 53 6.3 -35.0 256 45 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.6 0.37 16 250 10881 -43.7 -49.5 52 5.8 -44.0 265 55 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.17 17 200 12344 -55.1 -57.5 74 2.4 -55.1 269 71 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.08 18 150 14142 -60.9 -75.3 13 14.3 -61.1 265 43 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16661 -61.2 -84.1 3 22.9 -61.4 175 15 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.78 m Freezing level: 582.20 mb = 4679.08 m = 15351.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.21 mb = 4590.05 m = 15059.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.86 mb = 3504.06 m = 11496.13 ft T: 9.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.83 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.29 mb = 3825.61 m = 12551.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.28 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 39.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 486.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 732.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.04 mb = 3551.42 m = 11651.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.04 mb = 4256.06 m = 13963.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.04 mb = 11341.81 m = 37210.22 ft B at Equ Level: 730.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.04 mb = 14437.35 m = 47366.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -94.4 tot: -65.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.50 Bulk Shear: 97.63 m/s