MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.86,-102.98 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -102.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 1 950 559 2 900 1027 SFC 859 1434 25.5 13.1 46 12.4 17.2 109 10 311.9 314.1 295.8 346.1 11.11 4 850 1527 24.2 12.4 47 11.9 16.3 109 11 311.5 313.6 295.4 344.4 10.69 5 800 2053 19.1 11.3 61 7.8 14.0 109 9 311.5 313.5 295.3 344.1 10.60 6 750 2604 13.9 10.3 79 3.6 11.6 108 6 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.0 10.53 7 700 3182 9.0 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 79 2 312.5 314.3 294.8 342.0 9.55 8 650 3794 6.6 -0.5 60 7.1 2.8 293 9 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.5 5.68 9 600 4446 1.7 -3.9 66 5.6 -1.0 288 13 318.1 319.1 292.7 333.6 4.80 10 550 5142 -2.7 -11.0 53 8.3 -6.2 285 15 320.9 321.5 291.9 330.9 3.01 11 500 5891 -7.3 -20.0 36 12.7 -11.5 281 19 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.5 1.56 12 450 6704 -11.8 -23.6 37 11.8 -15.3 297 20 328.4 328.6 292.5 332.8 1.26 13 400 7595 -17.8 -20.5 79 2.7 -18.7 278 30 331.8 332.2 293.9 338.4 1.86 14 350 8586 -23.1 -25.9 78 2.8 -23.8 267 51 337.6 337.9 294.9 342.5 1.32 15 300 9696 -31.2 -34.5 73 3.3 -31.7 280 53 341.4 341.5 295.3 344.0 0.68 16 250 10961 -41.2 -47.0 54 5.8 -41.6 295 58 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.22 17 200 12438 -53.0 -58.5 51 5.6 -53.1 281 41 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.2 0.07 18 150 14239 -63.3 -75.7 17 12.4 -63.4 288 57 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16694 -68.4 -81.8 13 13.4 -68.5 299 17 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.52 m Freezing level: 580.32 mb = 4719.93 m = 15485.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.59 mb = 4263.65 m = 13988.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.04 mb = 2992.14 m = 9816.60 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.79 mb = 3124.83 m = 10251.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.72 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.89 mb = 3028.99 m = 9937.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.89 mb = 4075.96 m = 13372.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.89 mb = 9278.71 m = 30441.58 ft B at Equ Level: 278.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.89 mb = 12829.08 m = 42089.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.67 Bulk Shear: 76.03 m/s