MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 38.09,-87.37 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 1000 129 24.9 23.3 90 1.7 23.8 147 8 298.1 301.4 296.9 351.2 18.25 2 950 579 24.7 18.7 69 6.0 20.5 166 19 302.2 304.9 295.4 344.8 14.41 3 900 1053 24.2 11.2 44 13.0 15.8 213 11 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.29 4 850 1551 21.5 10.1 48 11.5 14.2 257 11 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.6 9.15 5 800 2074 18.0 9.8 59 8.2 12.7 276 16 310.3 312.1 294.2 339.5 9.55 6 750 2623 14.1 8.2 67 5.9 10.4 291 17 311.9 313.6 294.3 340.0 9.11 7 700 3203 10.6 5.0 68 5.6 7.3 309 17 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.8 7.86 8 650 3816 6.3 2.0 74 4.3 3.9 331 22 316.1 317.4 293.7 337.7 6.82 9 600 4469 2.3 -3.2 67 5.5 -0.5 332 24 318.8 319.8 293.0 335.0 5.03 10 550 5167 -1.2 -10.0 51 8.8 -5.0 312 24 322.7 323.3 292.7 333.5 3.26 11 500 5921 -5.5 -15.5 45 9.9 -9.3 293 27 326.3 326.8 292.8 334.2 2.29 12 450 6739 -10.8 -25.8 28 15.1 -15.0 275 26 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.4 1.04 13 400 7633 -17.6 -25.8 49 8.2 -19.7 259 24 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 14 350 8619 -24.0 -24.8 93 0.9 -24.2 241 17 336.4 336.7 294.7 341.7 1.46 15 300 9727 -31.9 -32.1 99 0.1 -32.0 206 8 340.4 340.5 295.2 343.6 0.87 16 250 10988 -41.6 -42.2 94 0.6 -41.6 188 27 344.3 344.3 295.7 345.7 0.37 17 200 12464 -52.7 -53.3 94 0.5 -52.7 198 27 349.3 349.3 296.6 349.9 0.14 18 150 14261 -65.1 -66.8 79 1.8 -65.1 205 28 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.03 19 100 16728 -66.1 -84.0 6 17.9 -66.2 247 8 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.79 m Freezing level: 567.02 mb = 4929.49 m = 16172.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.78 mb = 4390.52 m = 14404.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.18 % Est. max temperature: 35.53 C = 95.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.77 mb = 342.91 m = 1125.02 ft T: 24.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2535.05 m = 8316.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.43 C = 101.18 F Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lifted Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 15.59 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 167.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.80 mb = 1410.84 m = 4628.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.80 mb = 4217.12 m = 13835.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.80 mb = 9989.66 m = 32774.09 ft B at Equ Level: 165.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.80 mb = 12179.06 m = 39957.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.7 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 328.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 124.11 m/s