MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508241200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508241200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 41.7,-102.7 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -102.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 518 2 900 989 SFC 880 1188 27.1 16.4 52 10.7 19.6 155 15 311.5 314.0 297.2 352.7 13.46 4 850 1490 22.6 15.4 64 7.2 17.7 166 18 309.8 312.3 296.5 349.6 13.06 5 800 2015 17.9 14.1 78 3.9 15.3 183 16 310.3 312.7 296.4 349.1 12.71 6 750 2566 15.2 10.4 73 4.7 12.1 222 16 313.1 315.1 295.7 346.0 10.66 7 700 3147 10.9 6.3 73 4.6 8.1 235 18 314.5 316.2 294.6 341.4 8.59 8 650 3761 6.4 0.2 64 6.2 3.0 234 20 316.2 317.3 293.1 335.1 5.97 9 600 4412 1.2 -6.6 56 7.8 -2.4 234 23 317.5 318.3 291.7 330.1 3.90 10 550 5106 -3.1 -20.2 25 17.1 -8.8 246 27 320.4 320.6 290.3 325.2 1.40 11 500 5853 -7.5 -27.8 18 20.4 -12.8 257 30 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.78 12 450 6666 -12.3 -30.2 21 17.9 -16.6 266 31 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.69 13 400 7555 -18.6 -36.1 20 17.5 -21.8 270 32 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.44 14 350 8534 -26.5 -45.7 15 19.2 -28.6 269 34 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.18 15 300 9627 -35.5 -43.9 42 8.4 -36.3 272 38 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.26 16 250 10868 -45.7 -54.4 37 8.7 -46.1 275 42 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12319 -55.7 -62.7 41 7.0 -55.9 269 41 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14124 -60.9 -74.7 14 13.8 -61.0 253 36 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16623 -61.8 -83.9 4 22.1 -62.1 314 8 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.93 m Freezing level: 586.08 mb = 4604.87 m = 15107.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.40 mb = 4113.68 m = 13496.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.23 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 752.41 mb = 2538.36 m = 8327.86 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 27.57 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.73 mb = 2912.92 m = 9556.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 40.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1776.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.26 mb = 2494.80 m = 8184.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.26 mb = 3371.91 m = 11062.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.26 mb = 12936.47 m = 42441.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1755.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.26 mb = 15965.77 m = 52380.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 20.55 Bulk Shear: 86.43 m/s