MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.32,-85.54 Latitude: 37.32 Longitude: -85.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 988 245 26.2 20.3 70 5.9 22.1 6 1 300.4 303.2 295.6 345.4 15.36 2 950 590 22.1 18.0 78 4.0 19.3 341 1 299.6 302.1 294.3 340.0 13.83 3 900 1057 17.8 16.7 93 1.1 17.1 328 1 299.9 302.3 294.1 339.2 13.43 4 850 1545 15.4 11.8 79 3.7 13.1 238 1 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.7 10.26 5 800 2058 12.6 9.7 82 2.9 10.8 212 4 304.6 306.3 292.5 332.9 9.47 6 750 2597 9.9 6.1 77 3.8 7.7 204 6 307.3 308.8 292.1 331.4 7.92 7 700 3169 7.2 -0.6 58 7.7 3.1 208 9 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.25 8 650 3774 3.1 -4.6 57 7.7 -0.6 214 10 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.7 4.17 9 600 4417 -1.3 -8.4 58 7.1 -4.4 221 12 314.6 315.2 290.4 325.4 3.37 10 550 5106 -5.0 -14.3 48 9.3 -8.5 236 13 318.1 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.30 11 500 5849 -9.4 -18.6 47 9.2 -12.4 259 10 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.76 12 450 6653 -15.5 -25.7 41 10.1 -18.1 263 11 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.4 1.05 13 400 7531 -22.0 -30.0 49 7.9 -23.7 249 9 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.79 14 350 8499 -28.9 -45.1 19 16.3 -30.6 247 11 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 15 300 9584 -36.3 -50.1 23 13.8 -37.3 244 16 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 16 250 10828 -43.2 -57.4 20 14.2 -43.9 279 28 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.1 0.07 17 200 12312 -48.9 -65.1 13 16.2 -49.4 277 55 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.5 0.03 18 150 14156 -57.5 -78.4 5 20.9 -57.8 285 43 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16659 -65.7 -83.6 7 17.9 -65.8 268 25 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.52 m Freezing level: 614.89 mb = 4225.70 m = 13863.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3678.13 m = 12067.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.65 mb = 993.44 m = 3259.28 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1233.03 m = 4045.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 865.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.17 mb = 1122.15 m = 3681.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.17 mb = 1663.52 m = 5457.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.17 mb = 10608.40 m = 34804.03 ft B at Equ Level: 856.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.17 mb = 13423.38 m = 44039.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 104.63 Bulk Shear: 8.27 m/s