MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.36,-84.54 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -84.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 986 262 26.8 16.5 53 10.3 19.8 100 9 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.4 12.02 2 950 590 22.9 14.7 60 8.2 17.5 100 13 300.4 302.5 292.5 333.0 11.10 3 900 1058 18.4 13.8 74 4.7 15.4 97 12 300.5 302.5 292.5 333.0 11.05 4 850 1546 14.1 12.5 90 1.6 13.1 94 10 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.6 10.77 5 800 2055 11.0 9.9 93 1.1 10.3 89 7 302.9 304.6 292.1 331.5 9.63 6 750 2592 8.2 6.5 89 1.7 7.2 228 2 305.5 307.0 291.7 330.0 8.11 7 700 3161 7.0 -4.8 43 11.8 1.4 242 4 310.2 311.0 289.5 322.3 3.83 8 650 3766 2.7 -7.6 47 10.3 -1.9 230 5 312.0 312.6 289.5 322.5 3.31 9 600 4409 -0.9 -15.1 33 14.2 -6.2 241 6 315.1 315.4 289.2 321.6 1.97 10 550 5098 -4.9 -20.4 29 15.5 -9.9 251 6 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.37 11 500 5840 -9.8 -21.5 38 11.7 -13.3 262 9 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.37 12 450 6643 -15.8 -25.9 41 10.2 -18.3 268 10 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.0 1.03 13 400 7521 -21.7 -28.2 56 6.4 -23.1 264 14 326.7 326.9 291.7 330.1 0.94 14 350 8491 -27.8 -40.6 29 12.7 -29.5 291 13 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.4 0.32 15 300 9581 -36.0 -46.1 35 10.1 -36.9 298 19 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.20 16 250 10819 -44.8 -57.2 24 12.4 -45.3 287 27 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.07 17 200 12292 -50.3 -67.7 11 17.4 -50.7 271 41 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14138 -57.1 -78.0 5 20.9 -57.4 280 43 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -64.4 -84.3 5 19.9 -64.6 291 30 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.01 m Freezing level: 612.74 mb = 4244.77 m = 13926.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3407.76 m = 11180.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.56 mb = 1559.75 m = 5117.23 ft T: 14.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1770.74 m = 5809.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 24.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.99 mb = 1625.10 m = 5331.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.99 mb = 2086.67 m = 6845.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.99 mb = 2736.40 m = 8977.58 ft B at Equ Level: 3.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 716.99 mb = 2963.41 m = 9722.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.6 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 213.6 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -15.9 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.69 Bulk Shear: 20.90 m/s