MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 37.55,-100.44 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 569 SFC 921 839 27.3 15.9 50 11.4 19.4 167 7 307.5 309.9 295.5 345.0 12.40 3 900 1045 25.3 14.9 52 10.5 18.2 171 10 307.6 309.8 295.1 343.5 11.88 4 850 1544 20.5 13.9 66 6.6 16.1 174 11 307.6 309.9 295.1 343.5 11.85 5 800 2064 15.9 12.7 81 3.2 13.8 180 11 308.1 310.3 295.1 343.3 11.63 6 750 2610 11.9 10.6 91 1.3 11.1 215 7 309.5 311.6 294.9 342.3 10.76 7 700 3186 9.1 7.9 92 1.2 8.3 261 12 312.5 314.4 294.8 342.2 9.60 8 650 3801 8.2 -0.5 54 8.6 3.4 288 14 318.2 319.3 293.4 336.4 5.69 9 600 4458 4.5 -15.5 22 20.0 -3.4 292 19 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.91 10 550 5160 0.3 -20.1 20 20.4 -6.8 296 19 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.41 11 500 5916 -5.3 -20.7 29 15.4 -10.4 302 21 326.6 326.9 292.2 331.8 1.48 12 450 6733 -11.6 -26.7 28 15.0 -15.6 306 24 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.0 0.96 13 400 7623 -18.5 -35.7 21 17.2 -21.7 299 24 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.7 0.46 14 350 8604 -25.9 -43.2 18 17.2 -28.1 296 27 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.24 15 300 9700 -34.6 -51.8 16 17.2 -35.9 286 29 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 16 250 10948 -44.0 -59.5 16 15.5 -44.6 283 23 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 17 200 12409 -54.5 -64.4 28 9.9 -54.7 296 23 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14199 -65.9 -70.6 51 4.8 -66.0 319 23 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16674 -63.4 -84.1 4 20.7 -63.6 349 1 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.47 m Freezing level: 547.24 mb = 5201.67 m = 17065.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.85 mb = 4124.68 m = 13532.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.05 mb = 2277.84 m = 7473.15 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 17.15 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.54 mb = 2581.69 m = 8470.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.13 C = 84.44 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.21 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 422.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.76 mb = 2368.24 m = 7769.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 496.76 mb = 5966.35 m = 19574.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.76 mb = 11586.63 m = 38013.42 ft B at Equ Level: 418.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.76 mb = 14332.33 m = 47021.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 309.8 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.54 Bulk Shear: 55.98 m/s