MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 38.56,-100.31 Latitude: 38.56 Longitude: -100.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 523 SFC 920 811 28.6 16.7 49 11.9 20.2 149 11 309.0 311.5 296.4 348.8 13.09 3 900 1000 27.0 15.2 49 11.8 18.9 153 15 309.3 311.6 295.8 346.3 12.17 4 850 1502 22.6 14.0 58 8.6 16.8 174 12 309.8 312.1 295.7 346.1 11.89 5 800 2027 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.4 205 9 310.2 312.4 295.7 345.7 11.63 6 750 2576 13.2 10.5 83 2.8 11.4 250 9 311.0 313.0 295.2 343.7 10.69 7 700 3153 9.4 4.5 72 4.8 6.5 302 15 312.8 314.3 293.4 336.4 7.58 8 650 3764 5.1 -0.9 65 5.9 2.0 324 21 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.2 5.53 9 600 4413 1.2 -9.1 46 10.3 -3.4 322 24 317.5 318.1 291.1 327.9 3.19 10 550 5107 -2.8 -19.8 26 16.9 -8.5 321 25 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.7 1.45 11 500 5856 -6.6 -31.8 11 25.3 -12.8 321 24 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.53 12 450 6670 -12.4 -36.9 11 24.4 -17.3 313 26 327.6 327.7 291.4 329.0 0.36 13 400 7557 -19.1 -35.8 21 16.7 -22.1 308 35 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.45 14 350 8535 -26.8 -34.0 50 7.3 -28.0 305 43 332.7 332.8 293.0 335.0 0.61 15 300 9629 -34.9 -37.9 74 2.9 -35.3 296 50 336.1 336.2 293.8 338.0 0.49 16 250 10882 -42.2 -42.8 94 0.6 -42.2 271 83 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.7 0.35 17 200 12357 -52.6 -54.6 79 2.0 -52.7 271 97 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.9 0.11 18 150 14174 -61.6 -76.9 11 15.4 -61.7 286 54 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16637 -67.4 -82.2 11 14.8 -67.5 294 26 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.56 m Freezing level: 585.35 mb = 4616.04 m = 15144.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.68 mb = 3995.45 m = 13108.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.41 mb = 2314.34 m = 7592.90 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 23.10 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.01 mb = 2767.58 m = 9079.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.05 C = 87.88 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 38.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.51 mb = 2536.08 m = 8320.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.51 mb = 3052.08 m = 10013.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.51 mb = 11475.84 m = 37649.94 ft B at Equ Level: 963.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.51 mb = 14658.40 m = 48091.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 7.44 Bulk Shear: 130.15 m/s