MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.11,-102.80 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 535 2 900 1003 SFC 859 1415 25.5 14.3 50 11.3 17.8 108 9 312.0 314.3 296.4 348.9 12.00 4 850 1504 24.4 13.7 51 10.7 17.1 111 10 311.7 313.9 296.1 347.5 11.66 5 800 2031 19.3 12.6 65 6.7 14.8 119 8 311.7 313.9 296.0 347.2 11.56 6 750 2583 15.7 8.8 63 6.9 11.3 163 3 313.7 315.5 295.1 343.3 9.54 7 700 3166 12.3 4.5 59 7.8 7.7 241 6 316.1 317.6 294.3 340.0 7.59 8 650 3783 8.1 -0.2 56 8.3 3.6 281 10 318.2 319.3 293.5 336.7 5.81 9 600 4438 3.0 -3.0 65 6.0 -0.1 295 12 319.6 320.6 293.3 336.1 5.11 10 550 5137 -1.7 -7.2 66 5.5 -4.3 288 15 322.0 322.8 293.2 335.3 4.05 11 500 5890 -6.0 -12.0 62 6.1 -8.5 282 22 325.8 326.4 293.3 336.0 3.04 12 450 6707 -11.3 -16.9 63 5.6 -13.3 285 26 329.1 329.5 293.6 336.9 2.27 13 400 7600 -17.6 -23.3 61 5.7 -19.2 286 34 332.1 332.4 293.7 337.3 1.46 14 350 8586 -24.8 -30.4 60 5.6 -25.9 291 35 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.6 0.87 15 300 9689 -32.3 -34.0 84 1.8 -32.6 278 41 339.9 340.1 295.0 342.6 0.71 16 250 10950 -41.6 -50.9 36 9.3 -42.2 289 52 344.2 344.3 295.5 344.8 0.14 17 200 12431 -51.3 -68.7 11 17.4 -51.7 285 61 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14251 -62.7 -78.2 11 15.5 -62.9 287 44 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16695 -68.0 -82.7 10 14.7 -68.1 309 12 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.96 m Freezing level: 568.27 mb = 4881.56 m = 16015.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.33 mb = 4419.91 m = 14500.85 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.83 mb = 2836.18 m = 9304.93 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.33 mb = 3588.69 m = 11773.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 546.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.77 mb = 2965.60 m = 9729.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.77 mb = 4279.01 m = 14038.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.77 mb = 11172.45 m = 36654.58 ft B at Equ Level: 545.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.77 mb = 14177.23 m = 46512.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 77.61 m/s