MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 38.84,-100.12 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 549 SFC 927 769 26.3 16.8 56 9.5 19.7 150 10 306.1 308.5 295.6 345.4 13.10 3 900 1024 24.1 15.6 59 8.5 18.4 152 14 306.4 308.7 295.3 344.0 12.52 4 850 1521 19.7 14.4 71 5.3 16.1 157 9 306.8 309.1 295.2 343.6 12.22 5 800 2041 16.0 11.8 76 4.1 13.3 256 0 308.2 310.2 294.6 341.3 10.95 6 750 2587 12.1 8.6 79 3.5 9.9 349 11 309.7 311.5 293.9 338.4 9.40 7 700 3162 8.0 4.6 79 3.4 6.1 337 16 311.4 312.8 293.0 335.0 7.64 8 650 3770 3.9 -1.7 67 5.6 1.0 325 18 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.8 5.20 9 600 4416 0.4 -8.7 50 9.1 -3.6 323 19 316.6 317.3 290.9 327.3 3.30 10 550 5109 -3.4 -16.3 36 12.9 -8.1 314 17 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.6 1.95 11 500 5856 -8.0 -25.4 23 17.4 -12.9 302 18 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.7 0.97 12 450 6665 -14.1 -32.5 19 18.4 -18.0 289 15 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.56 13 400 7545 -21.8 -33.2 35 11.4 -23.9 281 17 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.58 14 350 8513 -28.8 -30.5 85 1.7 -29.1 276 34 330.0 330.1 292.6 333.1 0.86 15 300 9606 -33.6 -35.2 85 1.6 -33.8 260 52 338.0 338.2 294.4 340.5 0.64 16 250 10867 -40.8 -49.3 39 8.6 -41.3 263 81 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.2 0.17 17 200 12357 -49.2 -69.7 7 20.5 -49.7 265 76 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.02 18 150 14185 -62.6 -76.6 14 14.0 -62.8 254 57 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16643 -65.9 -82.6 8 16.7 -66.0 283 22 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.41 m Freezing level: 594.38 mb = 4494.37 m = 14745.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.03 mb = 3907.15 m = 12818.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.14 mb = 1975.69 m = 6481.86 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.77 mb = 2477.68 m = 8128.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.80 mb = 2149.84 m = 7053.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.80 mb = 2871.80 m = 9421.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.80 mb = 10213.18 m = 33507.40 ft B at Equ Level: 897.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.80 mb = 13985.25 m = 45882.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.5 neg: -11.4 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.68 Bulk Shear: 92.67 m/s