MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.42,-101.55 Latitude: 38.42 Longitude: -101.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 515 2 900 990 SFC 894 1049 29.4 8.3 27 21.0 16.1 291 18 312.4 313.8 293.4 336.3 7.72 4 850 1499 28.7 4.7 22 24.0 14.1 295 31 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.32 5 800 2033 24.0 3.7 27 20.3 11.9 291 32 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.4 6.23 6 750 2591 19.0 2.7 34 16.3 9.5 292 27 317.2 318.4 293.6 337.0 6.22 7 700 3179 14.5 1.5 41 13.0 7.1 305 17 318.6 319.7 293.9 338.0 6.09 8 650 3800 9.1 0.1 53 9.0 4.1 293 9 319.3 320.4 293.9 338.3 5.93 9 600 4457 2.7 -1.2 75 3.9 0.7 254 8 319.3 320.4 293.9 338.1 5.87 10 550 5156 -2.0 -3.5 90 1.4 -2.8 172 7 321.7 322.7 294.1 339.2 5.39 11 500 5910 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 126 11 325.4 326.2 294.3 339.8 4.36 12 450 6727 -11.3 -12.5 91 1.1 -11.8 114 9 329.0 329.6 294.3 340.1 3.27 13 400 7621 -17.1 -17.9 94 0.7 -17.4 351 4 332.7 333.2 294.6 340.9 2.34 14 350 8609 -24.4 -27.8 73 3.4 -25.2 279 13 335.9 336.1 294.3 339.9 1.11 15 300 9713 -33.3 -38.1 62 4.8 -33.9 265 19 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.48 16 250 10963 -44.7 -46.4 83 1.7 -44.7 265 24 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.6 0.24 17 200 12412 -57.6 -58.0 95 0.4 -57.6 255 41 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 14201 -65.0 -71.7 39 6.7 -65.0 246 25 358.1 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.02 19 100 16657 -65.7 -83.0 7 17.2 -65.9 254 12 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.60 m Freezing level: 571.33 mb = 4858.21 m = 15938.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.39 mb = 4587.05 m = 15049.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.50 % Est. max temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 657.19 mb = 3708.24 m = 12166.00 ft T: 9.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 0.02 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.80 mb = 4914.75 m = 16124.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.59 C = 99.67 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: 2.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.03 C Cross Totals Index: 11.01 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3716.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 608.21 mb = 4345.76 m = 14257.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -22.8 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 14.11 m/s