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: 38.66,-87.3 Latitude: 38.66 Longitude: -87.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 997 147 28.0 24.3 80 3.8 25.3 18 4 301.4 305.0 298.5 358.9 19.48 2 950 580 25.9 20.8 74 5.1 22.2 9 3 303.4 306.5 297.1 352.3 16.46 3 900 1054 21.9 19.3 85 2.6 20.0 293 0 304.0 307.0 296.8 351.1 15.81 4 850 1550 19.5 13.9 70 5.6 15.7 229 2 306.5 308.7 294.8 342.1 11.81 5 800 2070 16.4 9.2 62 7.2 11.9 260 5 308.6 310.4 293.4 336.6 9.17 6 750 2616 12.5 6.2 66 6.3 8.8 272 6 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.7 7.98 7 700 3191 8.6 2.8 67 5.8 5.3 274 6 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.8 6.70 8 650 3800 4.8 0.2 72 4.6 2.3 277 8 314.4 315.5 292.6 333.2 5.98 9 600 4450 1.5 -4.6 64 6.0 -1.5 275 10 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.5 4.55 10 550 5146 -2.1 -7.4 67 5.3 -4.6 266 11 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.7 4.00 11 500 5898 -6.3 -10.6 72 4.3 -8.1 267 13 325.4 326.0 293.5 336.8 3.42 12 450 6716 -10.6 -15.6 67 5.0 -12.5 281 18 329.9 330.4 294.0 338.6 2.52 13 400 7614 -15.7 -20.5 66 4.9 -17.2 280 19 334.6 335.0 294.6 341.3 1.87 14 350 8608 -22.3 -30.6 47 8.4 -24.1 271 20 338.7 338.9 294.8 341.9 0.85 15 300 9721 -30.8 -43.5 28 12.7 -32.3 272 19 342.0 342.0 295.0 343.0 0.27 16 250 10986 -41.4 -52.4 29 11.1 -42.1 260 24 344.6 344.6 295.5 345.1 0.12 17 200 12460 -53.6 -59.0 51 5.5 -53.7 274 30 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.07 18 150 14255 -65.4 -71.5 42 6.1 -65.4 254 27 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16717 -65.0 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.1 293 9 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.76 m Freezing level: 579.46 mb = 4735.90 m = 15537.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.74 mb = 4187.12 m = 13737.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.67 % Est. max temperature: 33.26 C = 91.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.01 mb = 625.96 m = 2053.65 ft T: 25.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 26.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1545.77 m = 5071.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.14 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.96 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1618.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.64 mb = 1125.48 m = 3692.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.64 mb = 2094.81 m = 6872.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.64 mb = 13561.13 m = 44491.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1612.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 184.22 Bulk Shear: 8.79 m/s