MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-100.36 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 575 SFC 926 798 24.4 13.1 49 11.3 17.0 12 2 304.2 306.1 293.0 335.0 10.31 3 900 1048 24.3 10.2 41 14.1 15.4 347 6 306.6 308.2 292.5 332.9 8.72 4 850 1545 20.8 8.2 44 12.7 13.0 324 10 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.4 8.02 5 800 2066 16.7 6.3 50 10.4 10.5 311 14 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.0 7.51 6 750 2612 12.2 4.5 59 7.7 7.8 307 17 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.5 7.06 7 700 3185 7.2 2.6 73 4.6 4.6 309 19 310.4 311.7 292.0 330.9 6.63 8 650 3790 1.9 0.3 89 1.6 1.1 313 22 311.1 312.3 291.7 329.9 6.03 9 600 4431 -2.3 -3.8 89 1.5 -3.0 319 25 313.4 314.3 291.3 328.6 4.81 10 550 5119 -5.1 -10.6 65 5.5 -7.3 315 26 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.3 3.11 11 500 5862 -9.3 -16.9 54 7.6 -11.9 311 26 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.6 2.04 12 450 6667 -14.9 -23.1 50 8.1 -17.2 310 28 324.5 324.7 291.5 329.1 1.33 13 400 7547 -21.6 -30.9 43 9.3 -23.4 307 35 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.6 0.73 14 350 8516 -28.5 -46.5 16 18.0 -30.3 308 45 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.17 15 300 9602 -36.4 -53.6 15 17.2 -37.5 308 53 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10840 -45.5 -58.5 22 13.0 -46.0 302 54 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12303 -52.7 -67.5 15 14.8 -53.1 288 62 349.2 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14130 -58.7 -76.7 8 18.0 -58.9 289 52 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16638 -64.5 -82.6 7 18.2 -64.6 301 19 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.38 m Freezing level: 627.43 mb = 4079.18 m = 13382.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.90 mb = 3952.82 m = 12968.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.34 mb = 2233.00 m = 7326.02 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.09 mb = 3325.20 m = 10909.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 0.59 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.84 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.44 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.16 mb = 2914.50 m = 9561.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.16 mb = 3812.46 m = 12507.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 558.16 mb = 5002.23 m = 16411.31 ft B at Equ Level: 38.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 348.16 mb = 8553.12 m = 28061.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.6 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 343.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 36.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 33.89 m/s