MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.28,-85.67 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -85.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 997 211 17.1 14.3 83 2.8 15.3 35 7 290.5 292.3 288.6 319.5 10.30 2 950 622 16.1 12.4 79 3.7 13.8 62 22 293.6 295.3 289.0 321.0 9.57 3 900 1083 15.8 10.7 72 5.1 12.7 59 17 297.8 299.4 290.0 324.0 8.99 4 850 1567 14.1 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 42 12 300.9 302.6 291.1 327.9 9.15 5 800 2078 12.2 8.9 80 3.3 10.2 15 8 304.2 305.9 292.0 331.1 9.01 6 750 2619 11.4 1.0 48 10.5 5.8 339 8 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.48 7 700 3193 9.1 -4.5 38 13.6 2.5 315 11 312.6 313.3 290.3 325.0 3.91 8 650 3803 5.2 -6.1 44 11.3 -0.1 296 14 314.8 315.6 290.8 326.8 3.74 9 600 4451 1.0 -9.5 45 10.5 -3.6 279 16 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.4 3.10 10 550 5146 -2.7 -11.6 51 8.9 -6.4 272 20 320.9 321.4 291.8 330.4 2.87 11 500 5896 -6.6 -17.8 40 11.3 -10.5 270 22 325.1 325.4 292.1 331.5 1.88 12 450 6712 -11.2 -30.0 20 18.7 -15.8 272 18 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.71 13 400 7604 -17.4 -34.4 21 17.0 -20.8 277 21 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.52 14 350 8591 -24.3 -32.8 46 8.4 -25.9 267 29 336.0 336.1 294.0 338.6 0.69 15 300 9696 -32.4 -37.6 60 5.2 -33.1 266 40 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.7 0.50 16 250 10954 -42.3 -43.8 85 1.5 -42.4 259 50 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.5 0.31 17 200 12428 -52.8 -56.4 65 3.5 -52.9 254 58 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.5 0.09 18 150 14232 -64.1 -75.3 20 11.2 -64.2 264 51 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16685 -67.4 -82.5 10 15.1 -67.5 270 20 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.28 m Freezing level: 586.18 mb = 4643.03 m = 15232.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.46 mb = 3771.65 m = 12374.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.01 mb = 568.53 m = 1865.23 ft T: 16.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.15 mb = 3466.10 m = 11371.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.18 C = 104.33 F Cap Strength: 8.05 C Lifted Index: 9.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.05 C Showalter Index: 5.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 17.11 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9622.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.08 mb = 1157.60 m = 3797.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 342.7 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -18.6 tot: 5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 77.14 m/s