MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 40.91,-103.64 Latitude: 40.91 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 1 950 606 2 900 1065 SFC 861 1446 15.4 12.5 83 2.9 13.6 297 8 301.2 303.1 292.4 332.5 10.64 4 850 1551 14.7 11.5 81 3.2 12.7 306 10 301.6 303.4 292.1 331.4 10.09 5 800 2062 11.9 8.3 79 3.6 9.7 336 7 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.7 8.65 6 750 2601 8.4 5.3 81 3.1 6.6 327 8 305.7 307.0 291.2 328.2 7.44 7 700 3168 4.7 2.3 85 2.4 3.4 318 8 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.5 6.48 8 650 3771 2.2 -0.6 82 2.8 0.7 307 9 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.0 5.64 9 600 4415 -0.9 -3.6 82 2.8 -2.2 306 10 315.1 316.1 291.9 330.7 4.89 10 550 5105 -5.3 -7.4 85 2.2 -6.2 300 14 317.8 318.6 291.9 330.7 3.98 11 500 5848 -9.9 -11.3 89 1.4 -10.5 296 17 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.6 3.22 12 450 6653 -14.8 -15.6 94 0.8 -15.1 294 18 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.2 2.52 13 400 7534 -20.6 -20.8 98 0.3 -20.6 283 16 328.3 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.82 14 350 8508 -27.4 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.4 261 14 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.13 15 300 9597 -35.8 -36.1 97 0.3 -35.8 239 18 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.58 16 250 10837 -45.7 -45.8 98 0.1 -45.7 220 24 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12287 -55.7 -59.6 61 3.9 -55.8 251 46 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14104 -59.3 -77.4 8 18.0 -59.6 272 63 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16628 -62.3 -83.0 5 20.7 -62.5 289 11 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.87 m Freezing level: 614.14 mb = 4233.05 m = 13887.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.66 mb = 3924.99 m = 12877.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.76 % Est. max temperature: 21.19 C = 70.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.58 mb = 1807.03 m = 5928.52 ft T: 13.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 5.02 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2691.26 m = 8829.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.97 C = 67.95 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5190.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 769.99 mb = 2381.42 m = 7812.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.1 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 332.1 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -1.8 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 2.04 m/s