MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 37.64,-88.87 Latitude: 37.64 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 997 154 25.4 20.0 72 5.4 21.6 279 8 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.3 14.94 2 950 584 26.9 16.1 52 10.8 19.5 265 15 304.5 306.8 294.6 341.0 12.22 3 900 1060 24.0 14.9 57 9.1 17.8 269 9 306.2 308.4 294.8 342.1 11.93 4 850 1557 20.0 13.7 67 6.3 15.8 270 5 307.1 309.3 294.9 342.4 11.71 5 800 2077 15.9 11.9 77 4.0 13.3 269 4 308.1 310.2 294.7 341.5 11.02 6 750 2623 12.0 9.1 83 2.9 10.2 265 4 309.5 311.4 294.1 339.2 9.72 7 700 3197 8.2 5.0 80 3.2 6.3 271 6 311.5 313.0 293.3 335.8 7.84 8 650 3806 4.8 -0.4 69 5.2 2.1 277 8 314.4 315.5 292.4 332.5 5.72 9 600 4456 1.5 -5.6 59 7.1 -1.9 281 8 317.8 318.7 292.1 331.4 4.18 10 550 5152 -2.2 -8.8 61 6.6 -5.1 250 8 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.2 3.57 11 500 5904 -6.4 -11.4 68 5.0 -8.5 250 11 325.2 325.8 293.3 335.9 3.20 12 450 6720 -11.2 -14.1 79 2.9 -12.3 262 15 329.2 329.8 294.1 339.0 2.86 13 400 7616 -16.0 -20.9 66 4.9 -17.5 261 13 334.2 334.6 294.5 340.7 1.81 14 350 8609 -22.4 -26.4 70 4.0 -23.4 265 8 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.1 1.26 15 300 9722 -31.0 -34.5 71 3.5 -31.6 293 12 341.7 341.8 295.3 344.3 0.68 16 250 10988 -40.8 -41.8 89 1.1 -40.9 289 22 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.0 0.39 17 200 12469 -52.5 -53.5 88 1.1 -52.5 288 34 349.7 349.7 296.7 350.3 0.13 18 150 14264 -66.3 -68.5 74 2.2 -66.3 293 41 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.03 19 100 16716 -65.3 -83.4 6 18.1 -65.4 282 11 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.18 m Freezing level: 579.89 mb = 4735.80 m = 15537.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.02 mb = 4137.36 m = 13573.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.78 C = 92.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.28 mb = 844.28 m = 2769.91 ft T: 25.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.34 mb = 2407.48 m = 7898.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.60 C = 96.08 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.25 mb = 1769.02 m = 5803.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.25 mb = 3265.22 m = 10712.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.25 mb = 6817.81 m = 22367.86 ft B at Equ Level: 69.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 344.25 mb = 8728.91 m = 28637.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -7.1 tot: -4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.32 Bulk Shear: 2.08 m/s