MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.76,-102.40 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 544 2 900 1020 SFC 883 1188 32.4 13.2 31 19.2 19.3 170 11 316.6 318.7 296.8 350.8 10.89 4 850 1528 27.2 11.9 39 15.2 17.0 179 13 314.6 316.6 295.9 346.9 10.37 5 800 2060 21.9 10.7 49 11.2 14.6 190 13 314.5 316.5 295.8 346.1 10.15 6 750 2615 16.8 9.2 61 7.6 11.9 199 13 314.8 316.6 295.6 345.2 9.76 7 700 3199 11.7 6.5 70 5.2 8.5 208 12 315.5 317.1 295.0 342.8 8.72 8 650 3815 7.9 -0.8 54 8.7 3.2 228 12 317.9 319.0 293.2 335.7 5.56 9 600 4471 3.6 -11.6 32 15.2 -2.9 293 6 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.0 2.62 10 550 5169 -2.6 -15.2 37 12.6 -7.4 320 11 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.2 2.14 11 500 5915 -8.7 -22.0 33 13.3 -12.7 295 23 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.31 12 450 6723 -13.9 -31.9 20 18.0 -17.9 299 29 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.58 13 400 7606 -20.2 -43.0 11 22.8 -23.4 302 37 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.21 14 350 8582 -27.0 -46.2 15 19.2 -29.1 303 45 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.17 15 300 9674 -34.9 -47.8 26 12.9 -36.0 305 51 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.17 16 250 10922 -43.2 -48.5 56 5.3 -43.5 305 62 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.6 0.19 17 200 12390 -53.4 -62.7 31 9.4 -53.6 303 59 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.04 18 150 14207 -62.0 -75.7 14 13.7 -62.1 287 22 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16664 -65.5 -83.4 7 18.0 -65.6 187 16 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.92 m Freezing level: 570.76 mb = 4878.78 m = 16006.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.75 mb = 4152.68 m = 13624.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.63 mb = 3580.04 m = 11745.41 ft T: 9.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 23.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.10 mb = 3813.76 m = 12512.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 42.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 676.93 mb = 3477.50 m = 11408.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.93 mb = 4444.36 m = 14581.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.93 mb = 12008.98 m = 39399.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1186.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.93 mb = 15462.18 m = 50728.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 21.75 Bulk Shear: 54.63 m/s