MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 40.43,-103.78 Latitude: 40.43 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 86 1 950 525 2 900 994 SFC 859 1398 26.5 13.4 44 13.2 17.6 105 14 312.9 315.1 296.1 347.8 11.28 4 850 1496 25.4 12.9 46 12.5 17.0 108 17 312.8 314.9 296.0 347.0 11.08 5 800 2024 20.4 11.7 57 8.7 14.7 122 18 312.9 315.0 295.8 346.6 10.90 6 750 2578 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.2 143 16 313.4 315.4 295.8 346.5 10.70 7 700 3159 10.7 8.5 86 2.2 9.3 174 17 314.4 316.3 295.6 345.4 10.00 8 650 3775 7.5 2.6 71 4.9 4.6 197 17 317.4 318.8 294.3 339.9 7.10 9 600 4430 3.1 -2.1 69 5.2 0.4 227 17 319.8 320.8 293.7 337.4 5.48 10 550 5129 -1.8 -5.8 74 4.0 -3.8 235 20 321.9 322.8 293.5 336.7 4.51 11 500 5881 -6.7 -10.4 75 3.7 -8.3 240 20 324.8 325.5 293.4 336.4 3.45 12 450 6697 -11.3 -14.7 76 3.5 -12.6 229 14 329.0 329.6 293.9 338.3 2.71 13 400 7591 -17.1 -21.5 69 4.3 -18.4 249 19 332.7 333.1 294.0 338.8 1.72 14 350 8579 -24.2 -29.2 64 5.0 -25.3 257 23 336.1 336.3 294.2 339.7 0.98 15 300 9683 -32.9 -39.7 51 6.8 -33.8 265 28 339.0 339.0 294.4 340.5 0.40 16 250 10936 -43.4 -46.2 74 2.8 -43.6 261 35 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.5 0.24 17 200 12399 -54.9 -55.5 93 0.6 -54.9 251 46 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.2 0.10 18 150 14184 -66.0 -72.4 40 6.4 -66.1 266 45 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16638 -66.3 -82.5 9 16.2 -66.5 247 22 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.03 m Freezing level: 568.47 mb = 4870.63 m = 15979.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.18 mb = 4494.37 m = 14745.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.86 mb = 3053.33 m = 10017.36 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.37 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.73 mb = 3427.66 m = 11245.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.64 C K Index: 42.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.64 mb = 3115.52 m = 10221.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.64 mb = 4179.20 m = 13711.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.64 mb = 12761.29 m = 41867.26 ft B at Equ Level: 681.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.64 mb = 15113.14 m = 49583.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 8.23 Bulk Shear: 84.56 m/s