MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 38.23,-87.13 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -87.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 1000 138 25.2 22.3 84 2.9 23.1 295 8 298.3 301.4 296.3 348.2 17.16 2 950 587 22.7 19.3 81 3.4 20.3 279 15 300.2 303.0 295.3 344.1 14.98 3 900 1058 20.1 17.1 83 3.0 18.0 265 15 302.2 304.7 295.0 342.7 13.72 4 850 1550 18.1 13.5 74 4.6 15.0 264 18 305.1 307.2 294.2 339.5 11.49 5 800 2068 15.4 11.2 76 4.2 12.7 263 20 307.6 309.6 294.2 339.4 10.53 6 750 2613 12.1 8.6 79 3.5 9.9 261 25 309.7 311.4 293.9 338.3 9.38 7 700 3188 8.1 6.1 87 2.0 6.9 256 26 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.7 8.50 8 650 3797 4.2 1.3 82 2.9 2.6 252 25 313.7 314.9 292.8 333.9 6.48 9 600 4446 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 273 25 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.71 10 550 5141 -2.8 -4.2 90 1.4 -3.5 266 21 320.7 321.7 293.6 337.3 5.10 11 500 5891 -6.8 -10.5 75 3.7 -8.4 256 20 324.7 325.4 293.4 336.2 3.44 12 450 6708 -10.6 -16.4 62 5.8 -12.7 252 18 329.9 330.4 293.9 338.1 2.36 13 400 7605 -16.3 -22.6 58 6.3 -18.2 261 16 333.7 334.1 294.1 339.3 1.56 14 350 8596 -23.2 -26.1 78 2.8 -23.9 249 14 337.5 337.7 294.8 342.2 1.30 15 300 9705 -31.9 -37.6 57 5.7 -32.7 257 21 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.4 0.50 16 250 10965 -42.8 -45.8 72 3.0 -43.0 247 21 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12428 -55.5 -55.5 99 0.1 -55.5 241 28 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.4 0.10 18 150 14223 -62.6 -75.3 17 12.6 -62.8 225 30 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16691 -66.4 -83.8 7 17.4 -66.5 236 18 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.70 m Freezing level: 587.10 mb = 4624.94 m = 15173.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4568.21 m = 14987.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.06 mb = 504.19 m = 1654.13 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1654.88 m = 5429.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.34 mb = 996.55 m = 3269.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.34 mb = 2823.37 m = 9262.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.34 mb = 12066.31 m = 39587.14 ft B at Equ Level: 386.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.34 mb = 14167.70 m = 46481.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -4.3 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 24.64 Bulk Shear: 15.73 m/s