MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508080600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 40.1,-102.0 Latitude: 40.10 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 511 2 900 982 SFC 891 1069 25.7 13.2 46 12.5 17.4 154 14 308.9 310.9 294.7 341.7 10.78 4 850 1485 25.3 11.6 42 13.7 16.3 161 33 312.6 314.6 295.3 344.0 10.15 5 800 2016 22.3 8.3 41 14.0 13.4 173 22 314.9 316.6 294.8 341.9 8.63 6 750 2572 17.8 6.6 48 11.2 10.9 198 20 315.9 317.5 294.7 341.7 8.20 7 700 3158 13.5 2.8 48 10.8 7.3 221 14 317.5 318.8 294.0 338.7 6.68 8 650 3777 8.9 -2.7 44 11.7 2.8 303 3 319.1 320.0 293.0 334.6 4.82 9 600 4435 4.5 -7.7 41 12.2 -1.2 358 17 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.2 3.58 10 550 5136 -0.9 -11.2 46 10.3 -5.3 341 31 323.0 323.6 292.5 332.9 2.96 11 500 5892 -5.0 -23.3 22 18.3 -10.7 335 30 327.0 327.2 292.0 331.2 1.17 12 450 6710 -10.3 -30.7 17 20.4 -15.3 311 19 330.3 330.5 292.4 332.7 0.66 13 400 7605 -16.8 -37.6 15 20.8 -20.6 301 15 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.38 14 350 8593 -24.6 -42.6 17 18.0 -27.1 301 15 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.6 0.25 15 300 9692 -34.4 -48.4 23 14.0 -35.6 286 18 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 16 250 10937 -45.2 -54.3 35 9.1 -45.6 282 18 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.10 17 200 12388 -56.9 -61.7 54 4.9 -57.0 262 13 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14163 -63.7 -69.0 48 5.3 -63.7 300 12 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.02 19 100 16666 -62.7 -84.6 4 21.9 -62.9 255 10 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.15 m Freezing level: 558.14 mb = 5022.18 m = 16476.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.97 mb = 4232.06 m = 13884.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.88 mb = 2664.71 m = 8742.37 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.12 mb = 4163.61 m = 13659.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.88 C = 98.39 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 0.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.30 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 16.57 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 354.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.37 mb = 3298.02 m = 10820.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 423.37 mb = 7173.76 m = 23535.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.37 mb = 12279.08 m = 40285.21 ft B at Equ Level: 275.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.37 mb = 13636.44 m = 44738.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.9 neg: -24.9 tot: 179.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 248.19 m/s