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: 39.53,-83.18 Latitude: 39.53 Longitude: -83.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 984 260 28.9 24.2 76 4.7 25.3 258 9 303.4 307.0 299.0 361.8 19.61 2 950 575 26.3 19.6 67 6.7 21.5 254 16 303.9 306.7 296.5 349.3 15.29 3 900 1050 22.3 17.8 75 4.6 19.2 247 20 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.4 14.38 4 850 1545 19.1 15.5 80 3.6 16.6 237 24 306.1 308.6 295.6 345.5 13.13 5 800 2064 15.7 11.9 78 3.9 13.2 241 24 307.9 310.0 294.6 341.2 10.99 6 750 2611 12.8 8.2 74 4.6 9.9 253 25 310.5 312.2 294.0 338.5 9.15 7 700 3187 9.0 5.6 79 3.5 6.9 251 26 312.5 314.0 293.7 337.7 8.15 8 650 3798 5.0 2.6 84 2.4 3.7 243 25 314.7 316.0 293.6 337.0 7.12 9 600 4447 0.9 -1.1 86 2.0 -0.2 239 25 317.2 318.3 293.3 335.9 5.89 10 550 5142 -3.3 -6.4 79 3.1 -4.7 240 25 320.2 321.0 292.9 334.2 4.31 11 500 5890 -7.2 -12.6 65 5.4 -9.4 243 29 324.3 324.9 292.8 334.1 2.90 12 450 6706 -11.1 -17.1 61 6.0 -13.2 243 29 329.3 329.7 293.6 337.0 2.22 13 400 7600 -17.0 -19.6 80 2.6 -17.8 240 26 332.9 333.3 294.3 340.1 2.03 14 350 8590 -23.4 -25.0 87 1.5 -23.8 238 21 337.2 337.5 294.9 342.4 1.44 15 300 9699 -31.8 -33.3 86 1.5 -32.0 239 18 340.6 340.7 295.1 343.5 0.77 16 250 10959 -42.5 -42.8 96 0.4 -42.5 232 18 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.35 17 200 12426 -54.0 -56.6 73 2.6 -54.1 235 25 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.6 0.09 18 150 14227 -63.0 -73.7 22 10.7 -63.1 234 24 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16701 -66.0 -84.0 6 18.1 -66.1 244 11 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.22 m Freezing level: 589.28 mb = 4595.99 m = 15078.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.05 mb = 4419.40 m = 14499.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.47 mb = 861.56 m = 2826.61 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 27.69 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1744.33 m = 5722.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1347.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.12 mb = 1412.43 m = 4633.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.12 mb = 2191.07 m = 7188.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.12 mb = 12809.17 m = 42024.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1345.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.12 mb = 16224.40 m = 53229.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 97.76 Bulk Shear: 13.78 m/s