MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.14,-84.65 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -84.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 981 308 22.3 20.7 90 1.6 21.2 144 3 297.2 300.0 295.0 343.0 15.86 2 950 584 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.1 150 7 300.0 302.5 294.1 339.1 13.36 3 900 1053 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.8 158 7 300.9 303.2 293.9 338.2 12.70 4 850 1542 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 164 7 302.8 305.0 293.6 337.3 11.62 5 800 2056 13.1 10.9 86 2.2 11.7 177 6 305.2 307.1 293.3 336.0 10.29 6 750 2597 10.2 7.8 85 2.3 8.8 193 6 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.7 8.92 7 700 3169 7.0 3.8 80 3.2 5.2 213 6 310.3 311.6 292.4 332.4 7.19 8 650 3775 3.5 -0.8 74 4.3 1.3 239 7 312.9 314.0 291.8 330.4 5.56 9 600 4420 -0.7 -5.1 72 4.4 -2.8 258 8 315.3 316.1 291.5 329.2 4.37 10 550 5110 -5.1 -8.6 76 3.5 -6.7 282 10 318.0 318.7 291.6 329.8 3.62 11 500 5853 -9.3 -13.4 72 4.0 -10.9 298 11 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.8 2.73 12 450 6660 -14.1 -19.6 63 5.5 -15.8 301 13 325.6 325.9 292.2 331.8 1.80 13 400 7545 -19.6 -25.3 60 5.8 -21.0 297 19 329.6 329.8 292.7 333.9 1.22 14 350 8523 -26.2 -32.8 54 6.6 -27.3 286 29 333.5 333.6 293.3 336.0 0.69 15 300 9621 -33.9 -39.8 55 5.9 -34.6 274 51 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.1 0.40 16 250 10870 -44.2 -46.6 77 2.4 -44.3 271 49 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.23 17 200 12333 -52.9 -63.1 28 10.2 -53.1 274 57 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14168 -58.0 -76.6 8 18.6 -58.3 293 42 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16663 -66.3 -83.4 7 17.0 -66.5 284 27 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.87 m Freezing level: 608.66 mb = 4308.48 m = 14135.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.54 mb = 3969.17 m = 13022.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.51 mb = 515.78 m = 1692.16 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.81 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1581.40 m = 5188.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.06 mb = 1215.67 m = 3988.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.06 mb = 2618.76 m = 8591.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.06 mb = 9204.41 m = 30197.82 ft B at Equ Level: 349.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.06 mb = 12395.03 m = 40665.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 28.36 Bulk Shear: 12.33 m/s