MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-103.57 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 563 2 900 1031 SFC 867 1363 26.4 12.4 42 14.0 17.1 117 8 312.1 314.1 295.4 344.6 10.53 4 850 1532 23.5 11.4 47 12.1 15.5 119 8 310.7 312.6 294.7 341.4 9.99 5 800 2056 18.2 10.4 60 7.9 13.1 123 7 310.6 312.5 294.6 341.0 9.93 6 750 2605 13.0 9.3 78 3.8 10.6 127 6 310.7 312.6 294.5 340.8 9.82 7 700 3181 9.0 5.3 78 3.7 6.8 298 1 312.4 313.9 293.6 337.2 8.01 8 650 3792 5.5 -0.3 66 5.9 2.4 303 12 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.4 5.75 9 600 4442 0.7 -3.9 71 4.6 -1.6 293 16 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.3 4.79 10 550 5135 -3.6 -8.4 69 4.8 -5.8 285 19 319.8 320.5 292.2 331.8 3.68 11 500 5882 -8.1 -14.1 62 6.0 -10.4 277 17 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.9 2.57 12 450 6693 -13.2 -20.7 53 7.5 -15.5 276 17 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.3 1.63 13 400 7580 -18.7 -34.0 25 15.4 -21.7 277 27 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.7 0.54 14 350 8562 -25.2 -37.0 32 11.8 -27.1 268 46 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.45 15 300 9664 -32.8 -34.8 82 2.0 -33.1 268 53 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.7 0.66 16 250 10924 -41.6 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 274 67 344.2 344.3 295.7 345.8 0.40 17 200 12396 -53.8 -54.4 92 0.7 -53.8 292 68 347.6 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.12 18 150 14209 -60.5 -77.8 9 17.3 -60.7 284 50 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16680 -66.4 -82.6 9 16.2 -66.5 286 13 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.50 m Freezing level: 591.50 mb = 4559.59 m = 14959.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.90 mb = 4177.03 m = 13704.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.81 mb = 3112.20 m = 10210.51 ft T: 9.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 12.72 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.06 mb = 3311.14 m = 10863.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 39.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.64 mb = 3055.24 m = 10023.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.64 mb = 3973.61 m = 13036.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 305.64 mb = 9530.82 m = 31268.72 ft B at Equ Level: 275.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.64 mb = 12212.67 m = 40067.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 310.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -6.1 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 57.41 m/s