MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.99,-104.76 Latitude: 42.99 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 1 950 567 2 900 1033 SFC 859 1432 22.4 7.7 39 14.7 13.3 158 13 308.6 310.0 292.3 332.1 7.68 4 850 1529 22.3 7.5 39 14.7 13.2 159 19 309.5 310.9 292.5 333.0 7.68 5 800 2052 18.6 6.5 45 12.1 11.2 167 20 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.4 7.60 6 750 2601 13.9 3.0 47 11.0 7.7 168 14 311.7 312.9 292.1 331.4 6.33 7 700 3179 9.5 -1.6 46 11.1 3.7 135 5 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.4 4.87 8 650 3789 5.7 -7.9 37 13.6 -0.5 3 3 315.4 316.1 290.5 325.9 3.25 9 600 4440 2.5 -32.1 6 34.6 -6.6 341 5 319.1 319.1 288.9 320.6 0.43 10 550 5135 -3.0 -32.5 8 29.5 -10.2 282 2 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.45 11 500 5881 -8.7 -19.6 41 10.9 -12.2 269 9 322.4 322.7 291.1 328.0 1.62 12 450 6689 -13.3 -17.9 68 4.6 -14.8 291 15 326.5 326.9 292.7 333.7 2.08 13 400 7576 -19.3 -20.7 88 1.5 -19.7 292 22 329.9 330.3 293.4 336.4 1.83 14 350 8558 -25.5 -25.6 99 0.1 -25.5 287 36 334.4 334.6 294.1 339.3 1.36 15 300 9659 -33.2 -35.4 80 2.2 -33.6 284 46 338.5 338.7 294.6 340.9 0.62 16 250 10912 -43.6 -43.6 100 -0.0 -43.6 265 59 341.2 341.3 294.9 342.5 0.32 17 200 12368 -56.2 -56.5 97 0.2 -56.2 272 57 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.09 18 150 14188 -59.8 -78.2 7 18.3 -60.0 291 45 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -65.4 -83.8 6 18.4 -65.5 317 20 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.64 m Freezing level: 577.22 mb = 4756.21 m = 15604.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.02 mb = 3712.78 m = 12180.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.27 mb = 3281.83 m = 10767.03 ft T: 8.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 593.65 mb = 4524.54 m = 14844.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 16.23 C K Index: 27.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4928.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.84 mb = 3565.71 m = 11698.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -76.1 tot: -43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 50.31 m/s