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: 39.3,-86.14 Latitude: 39.30 Longitude: -86.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 990 219 26.0 23.2 85 2.8 24.0 338 3 300.1 303.4 297.5 354.1 18.42 2 950 580 25.7 19.5 69 6.2 21.3 344 5 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.3 15.18 3 900 1054 22.3 16.5 70 5.8 18.4 315 3 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.0 13.25 4 850 1549 19.2 13.5 70 5.7 15.4 304 4 306.3 308.5 294.6 341.0 11.55 5 800 2069 15.9 10.3 69 5.7 12.3 314 5 308.1 310.0 293.9 338.1 9.86 6 750 2614 12.3 7.3 71 5.0 9.3 303 7 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.3 8.59 7 700 3190 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.6 289 8 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.8 6.99 8 650 3799 4.7 0.5 74 4.2 2.4 279 11 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.6 6.13 9 600 4448 1.1 -1.1 85 2.2 -0.0 277 12 317.4 318.6 293.4 336.3 5.91 10 550 5144 -2.5 -3.4 93 0.9 -3.0 263 11 321.1 322.2 294.0 338.7 5.42 11 500 5896 -6.3 -9.3 80 2.9 -7.6 276 13 325.3 326.1 293.8 338.0 3.79 12 450 6714 -10.9 -13.0 85 2.1 -11.8 276 18 329.5 330.1 294.4 340.1 3.12 13 400 7611 -15.7 -20.3 68 4.5 -17.2 276 22 334.5 334.9 294.6 341.3 1.91 14 350 8605 -22.6 -27.8 62 5.2 -23.8 278 18 338.3 338.5 294.9 342.4 1.11 15 300 9716 -31.4 -35.9 64 4.5 -32.1 281 16 341.2 341.3 295.1 343.4 0.60 16 250 10979 -41.7 -45.5 66 3.8 -42.0 266 17 344.1 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.26 17 200 12451 -53.6 -57.7 61 4.0 -53.8 249 20 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14247 -64.6 -71.5 38 6.9 -64.7 255 25 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.02 19 100 16719 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.7 -64.8 281 10 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.01 m Freezing level: 584.39 mb = 4665.36 m = 15306.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.79 mb = 4437.29 m = 14557.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.60 mb = 574.31 m = 1884.20 ft T: 25.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.23 mb = 1907.15 m = 6256.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.50 C = 92.30 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.64 mb = 1361.39 m = 4466.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.64 mb = 2573.42 m = 8442.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.64 mb = 12331.97 m = 40458.73 ft B at Equ Level: 687.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.64 mb = 14951.09 m = 49051.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 107.84 Bulk Shear: 6.41 m/s