MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.27,-103.78 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -103.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 590 2 900 1050 SFC 863 1411 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 350 1 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.63 4 850 1537 15.6 13.6 88 2.0 14.3 345 2 302.5 304.6 293.6 336.9 11.62 5 800 2053 15.4 9.4 67 6.0 11.6 333 7 307.5 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.26 6 750 2599 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.9 322 12 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.1 7.88 7 700 3176 9.1 3.5 68 5.6 5.9 328 19 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.6 7.07 8 650 3786 4.8 0.6 74 4.3 2.5 321 23 314.4 315.6 292.7 333.8 6.14 9 600 4434 0.9 -3.8 71 4.7 -1.4 314 19 317.2 318.1 292.4 332.6 4.82 10 550 5128 -3.4 -8.9 66 5.4 -5.8 297 17 320.0 320.7 292.2 331.7 3.56 11 500 5876 -7.4 -19.0 39 11.7 -11.3 282 16 324.0 324.4 291.7 329.9 1.70 12 450 6689 -12.8 -29.5 23 16.8 -16.8 281 16 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.8 0.73 13 400 7576 -18.5 -37.7 17 19.2 -21.8 271 25 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.4 0.37 14 350 8559 -25.2 -49.1 9 24.0 -27.8 273 38 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 15 300 9660 -32.9 -44.4 31 11.5 -34.1 278 54 339.0 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.25 16 250 10914 -43.8 -43.8 99 0.1 -43.7 285 69 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.31 17 200 12384 -50.4 -70.1 8 19.6 -50.9 269 67 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14213 -61.1 -78.6 8 17.6 -61.2 284 40 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16679 -67.0 -82.6 9 15.5 -67.1 281 13 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.85 m Freezing level: 589.40 mb = 4581.35 m = 15030.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.40 mb = 4189.34 m = 13744.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.54 mb = 1551.71 m = 5090.86 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3319.17 m = 10889.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4510.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.09 mb = 2508.01 m = 8228.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -13.8 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 23.18 m/s