MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.83,-103.01 Latitude: 37.83 Longitude: -103.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 531 2 900 1002 SFC 870 1299 27.2 15.3 48 11.9 18.9 105 11 312.5 314.9 297.0 351.5 12.65 4 850 1505 24.8 14.5 53 10.4 17.7 102 12 312.1 314.5 296.6 349.9 12.27 5 800 2033 19.8 13.4 67 6.4 15.4 96 10 312.2 314.5 296.5 349.7 12.17 6 750 2586 15.3 11.3 77 4.0 12.7 59 4 313.2 315.4 296.2 348.1 11.30 7 700 3168 11.4 5.9 69 5.5 8.0 335 6 315.1 316.7 294.6 341.2 8.34 8 650 3783 7.0 0.7 64 6.3 3.5 303 16 316.9 318.1 293.4 336.6 6.20 9 600 4436 1.9 -0.1 87 2.0 0.8 285 26 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.7 6.36 10 550 5132 -2.7 -4.9 85 2.1 -3.8 282 33 320.8 321.8 293.4 336.6 4.85 11 500 5884 -6.0 -10.7 70 4.6 -8.0 275 39 325.7 326.3 293.6 337.0 3.39 12 450 6703 -9.9 -21.1 39 11.3 -13.5 269 45 330.8 331.2 293.4 336.4 1.58 13 400 7603 -15.5 -25.9 41 10.4 -18.3 268 45 334.8 335.1 294.1 339.0 1.16 14 350 8596 -22.4 -35.3 30 12.9 -24.8 266 53 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.6 0.54 15 300 9710 -30.4 -45.1 23 14.6 -32.1 265 56 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.23 16 250 10979 -40.4 -47.7 46 7.3 -41.0 274 53 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.8 0.21 17 200 12465 -50.8 -63.2 22 12.4 -51.2 267 45 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.5 0.04 18 150 14278 -64.6 -72.4 34 7.7 -64.7 258 38 358.7 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16689 -70.5 -81.4 19 10.9 -70.6 281 20 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.72 m Freezing level: 579.26 mb = 4724.85 m = 15501.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4557.95 m = 14953.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.41 mb = 2797.61 m = 9178.41 ft T: 13.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.86 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.61 mb = 3172.44 m = 10408.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 39.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 655.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.10 mb = 2847.46 m = 9341.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.10 mb = 3630.00 m = 11909.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.10 mb = 11766.86 m = 38604.72 ft B at Equ Level: 648.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.10 mb = 15033.64 m = 49322.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -26.0 tot: -7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 170.46 m/s