MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-103.18 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -103.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 514 2 900 983 SFC 864 1345 27.5 9.2 32 18.3 15.7 79 5 313.5 315.1 294.3 339.8 8.46 4 850 1486 26.0 7.9 32 18.1 14.6 82 6 313.4 314.9 293.8 337.9 7.89 5 800 2015 20.9 6.9 40 14.0 12.3 93 4 313.4 314.9 293.8 337.8 7.83 6 750 2568 15.6 5.8 52 9.8 9.7 119 2 313.5 315.0 293.7 337.6 7.72 7 700 3148 10.2 4.1 65 6.2 6.6 240 1 313.8 315.2 293.5 336.7 7.33 8 650 3760 5.6 -0.3 66 5.9 2.4 319 11 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.5 5.75 9 600 4411 2.4 -10.8 37 13.2 -3.3 320 24 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.1 2.80 10 550 5108 -2.6 -17.5 31 14.9 -7.9 313 24 321.0 321.3 290.8 326.9 1.75 11 500 5855 -7.6 -26.4 20 18.9 -12.8 306 22 323.8 324.0 290.8 326.9 0.88 12 450 6667 -13.1 -30.0 23 16.8 -17.1 309 19 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.71 13 400 7552 -19.8 -38.3 18 18.5 -22.8 303 13 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.35 14 350 8527 -27.4 -45.0 17 17.6 -29.4 307 12 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.20 15 300 9616 -36.4 -47.3 32 10.9 -37.3 322 6 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10853 -46.1 -53.0 46 6.8 -46.4 56 8 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.11 17 200 12300 -56.4 -61.3 54 4.9 -56.5 15 5 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14095 -61.7 -76.3 13 14.5 -61.9 306 19 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16590 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 299 21 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.99 m Freezing level: 576.10 mb = 4743.87 m = 15563.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.69 mb = 4030.96 m = 13224.79 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.33 mb = 3629.74 m = 11908.44 ft T: 6.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 611.13 mb = 4261.40 m = 13980.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.56 C Cross Totals Index: 15.49 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 142.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 650.80 mb = 3749.67 m = 12301.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 485.80 mb = 6077.29 m = 19938.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.80 mb = 10696.95 m = 35094.56 ft B at Equ Level: 140.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.80 mb = 12432.26 m = 40787.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.32 Bulk Shear: 42.87 m/s