MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.86,-103.35 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 540 2 900 1008 SFC 851 1495 27.1 13.3 43 13.8 17.7 110 7 314.4 316.6 296.5 349.7 11.36 4 850 1509 25.8 12.9 45 12.9 17.1 109 7 313.2 315.3 296.0 347.4 11.06 5 800 2038 20.4 11.5 57 8.9 14.6 108 6 312.9 314.9 295.7 346.1 10.74 6 750 2591 15.2 10.0 71 5.1 11.9 105 5 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.1 10.37 7 700 3172 10.5 6.8 78 3.7 8.2 136 1 314.1 315.8 294.7 341.8 8.89 8 650 3785 7.0 -1.0 57 8.0 2.7 263 9 316.9 317.9 292.9 334.4 5.49 9 600 4438 2.1 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.3 260 20 318.5 319.6 293.2 335.7 5.34 10 550 5135 -2.4 -5.8 77 3.4 -4.0 270 28 321.3 322.2 293.3 336.1 4.53 11 500 5887 -6.7 -10.3 76 3.6 -8.2 268 30 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.5 3.50 12 450 6702 -12.1 -15.2 77 3.2 -13.2 271 33 328.1 328.6 293.6 337.0 2.60 13 400 7593 -17.8 -20.2 81 2.4 -18.5 272 39 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.6 1.92 14 350 8578 -25.0 -26.3 89 1.3 -25.4 264 48 335.0 335.3 294.2 339.6 1.27 15 300 9680 -32.7 -41.2 42 8.6 -33.7 265 57 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.6 0.34 16 250 10942 -40.6 -57.8 14 17.1 -41.5 270 61 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 17 200 12430 -50.7 -64.4 18 13.7 -51.1 282 53 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.03 18 150 14250 -62.7 -76.4 14 13.7 -62.9 273 40 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16679 -69.8 -82.6 14 12.8 -69.9 279 17 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.89 m Freezing level: 576.51 mb = 4765.72 m = 15635.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.57 mb = 4376.28 m = 14357.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.69 mb = 3222.83 m = 10573.45 ft T: 10.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.30 mb = 3420.35 m = 11221.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: 41.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 583.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 700.24 mb = 3168.82 m = 10396.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.24 mb = 3972.69 m = 13033.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.24 mb = 10798.69 m = 35428.34 ft B at Equ Level: 578.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.24 mb = 14032.49 m = 46037.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.6 neg: -1.1 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 6.73 Bulk Shear: 86.60 m/s