MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.07,-103.41 Latitude: 40.07 Longitude: -103.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 551 2 900 1019 SFC 864 1378 26.8 9.5 34 17.3 15.7 56 5 312.8 314.4 294.2 339.6 8.65 4 850 1520 24.2 8.5 37 15.7 14.3 56 5 311.5 313.1 293.6 336.9 8.21 5 800 2045 19.0 7.4 47 11.6 11.9 56 4 311.4 312.9 293.4 336.4 8.10 6 750 2595 13.7 6.2 60 7.5 9.2 49 3 311.4 312.9 293.3 335.9 7.93 7 700 3171 8.3 4.7 78 3.6 6.2 13 2 311.7 313.1 293.2 335.4 7.66 8 650 3779 4.4 -4.0 54 8.4 0.3 312 12 314.0 314.8 291.1 327.9 4.38 9 600 4425 -0.8 -9.2 53 8.4 -4.4 300 16 315.2 315.8 290.4 325.5 3.18 10 550 5113 -5.8 -15.4 46 9.7 -9.2 299 22 317.2 317.6 290.0 324.1 2.09 11 500 5853 -10.2 -23.7 32 13.5 -14.0 292 25 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.5 1.13 12 450 6657 -15.4 -31.6 24 16.2 -18.8 283 31 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.60 13 400 7534 -22.5 -33.7 35 11.2 -24.5 272 34 325.7 325.9 291.1 327.8 0.55 14 350 8497 -30.7 -42.4 31 11.7 -31.9 270 37 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.26 15 300 9575 -37.7 -50.5 25 12.8 -38.6 263 49 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10815 -42.4 -61.7 10 19.3 -43.2 260 74 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 17 200 12298 -51.0 -67.0 13 16.0 -51.4 264 74 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14130 -58.6 -77.0 8 18.5 -58.8 266 53 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16626 -64.7 -82.5 7 17.8 -64.8 269 24 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.12 m Freezing level: 607.32 mb = 4330.51 m = 14207.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.66 mb = 3820.83 m = 12535.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.08 mb = 3529.68 m = 11580.19 ft T: 6.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.59 mb = 3771.93 m = 12374.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.30 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.63 mb = 3498.48 m = 11477.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.63 mb = 4191.36 m = 13751.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.63 mb = 10101.79 m = 33141.95 ft B at Equ Level: 496.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.63 mb = 12049.07 m = 39530.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.16 Bulk Shear: 49.94 m/s