MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 39.24,-100.83 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 1 950 480 SFC 905 911 36.9 11.3 21 25.6 19.6 191 12 319.0 320.8 296.3 348.6 9.34 3 900 964 35.1 10.8 23 24.3 18.9 193 14 317.7 319.4 295.8 346.3 9.08 4 850 1478 29.7 9.7 29 19.9 16.6 196 16 317.2 318.9 295.6 345.4 8.93 5 800 2013 24.5 8.6 36 15.9 14.3 199 15 317.2 318.9 295.5 344.9 8.79 6 750 2573 19.1 7.4 46 11.7 11.7 201 13 317.3 319.0 295.4 344.5 8.62 7 700 3161 13.5 6.0 61 7.5 8.9 203 12 317.4 319.1 295.3 344.1 8.44 8 650 3779 7.6 4.2 79 3.5 5.6 205 10 317.6 319.1 295.0 342.8 7.96 9 600 4434 3.8 -9.2 38 12.9 -2.1 288 3 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.0 3.18 10 550 5134 -1.5 -13.9 38 12.4 -6.4 283 7 322.3 322.8 291.8 330.2 2.37 11 500 5884 -7.9 -15.8 53 7.9 -10.8 271 9 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.0 2.23 12 450 6694 -13.0 -35.5 13 22.6 -17.5 264 15 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.41 13 400 7581 -18.8 -43.8 9 24.9 -22.5 264 17 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.20 14 350 8561 -26.3 -41.1 23 14.8 -28.2 255 18 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.30 15 300 9654 -35.7 -43.8 43 8.1 -36.4 260 22 335.1 335.1 293.3 336.1 0.26 16 250 10894 -46.1 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 270 20 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 17 200 12340 -56.8 -59.8 69 3.0 -56.9 270 27 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14120 -64.7 -70.1 48 5.3 -64.8 274 33 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16595 -66.6 -82.5 9 15.9 -66.7 253 26 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.41 m Freezing level: 564.36 mb = 4932.92 m = 16183.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.61 mb = 4250.60 m = 13945.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 35.27 C = 95.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 626.24 mb = 4084.01 m = 13398.82 ft T: 5.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.02 mb = 4218.62 m = 13840.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.43 C = 99.37 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.14 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.54 C Cross Totals Index: 17.60 C K Index: 39.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.14 mb = 3981.37 m = 13062.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.14 mb = 4718.62 m = 15480.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.14 mb = 12685.22 m = 41617.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1090.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.14 mb = 15526.16 m = 50938.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -5.1 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 126.35 Bulk Shear: 8.67 m/s