MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.75,-103.62 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 509 2 900 981 SFC 862 1362 32.8 7.8 21 25.0 16.7 144 16 319.2 320.7 295.3 343.9 7.74 4 850 1490 29.9 6.6 23 23.3 15.3 148 19 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.3 7.21 5 800 2025 24.5 5.3 29 19.2 12.7 159 21 317.2 318.6 294.1 339.4 7.00 6 750 2584 19.1 4.0 37 15.1 10.1 170 20 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.0 6.82 7 700 3171 13.6 2.8 48 10.8 7.3 178 19 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.9 6.71 8 650 3789 7.8 1.1 63 6.6 4.1 187 17 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.1 6.40 9 600 4444 3.1 -6.8 48 9.9 -1.6 247 11 319.7 320.5 292.3 332.2 3.82 10 550 5141 -2.7 -13.9 42 11.2 -7.1 285 16 320.9 321.4 291.4 328.8 2.37 11 500 5887 -9.2 -17.8 50 8.6 -12.1 282 27 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.89 12 450 6691 -16.0 -23.9 51 7.8 -18.1 279 33 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.23 13 400 7568 -21.3 -37.9 21 16.6 -23.9 282 35 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 14 350 8541 -27.9 -44.1 20 16.2 -29.7 286 36 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.22 15 300 9627 -36.8 -47.4 32 10.6 -37.6 292 40 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.18 16 250 10864 -45.6 -56.0 30 10.4 -46.1 293 61 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.08 17 200 12321 -54.6 -62.8 36 8.2 -54.8 288 79 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14142 -57.1 -78.7 5 21.5 -57.4 270 41 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16659 -61.6 -84.1 3 22.5 -61.9 193 12 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.86 m Freezing level: 573.23 mb = 4817.13 m = 15804.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.26 mb = 4251.56 m = 13948.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 599.39 mb = 4451.81 m = 14605.50 ft T: 3.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 16.51 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 580.76 mb = 4704.89 m = 15435.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.73 C = 92.72 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.08 C Cross Totals Index: 15.81 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 602.27 mb = 4412.80 m = 14477.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.27 mb = 5180.10 m = 16994.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.27 mb = 11204.96 m = 36761.23 ft B at Equ Level: 575.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.27 mb = 13452.03 m = 44133.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 17.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.8 neg: -6.1 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.12 Bulk Shear: 114.08 m/s