MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.46,-87.82 Latitude: 38.46 Longitude: -87.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 133 30.3 23.3 66 7.0 25.1 177 8 303.4 306.8 298.2 357.6 18.25 1 1000 138 30.2 22.0 62 8.2 24.2 178 8 303.4 306.5 297.4 353.6 16.91 2 950 595 25.8 20.0 70 5.8 21.7 188 11 303.4 306.3 296.6 349.9 15.69 3 900 1069 21.5 18.9 85 2.6 19.6 203 13 303.6 306.5 296.5 349.5 15.42 4 850 1563 18.4 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 232 17 305.5 307.9 295.4 344.6 13.09 5 800 2081 14.8 12.0 83 2.8 13.0 235 16 306.9 309.0 294.4 340.3 11.08 6 750 2626 12.9 5.6 61 7.3 8.6 236 11 310.6 312.0 292.8 334.1 7.63 7 700 3203 9.6 2.4 61 7.2 5.5 235 10 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.4 6.49 8 650 3815 6.2 -5.4 43 11.6 0.5 240 8 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.6 3.93 9 600 4466 2.3 -8.8 43 11.2 -2.7 300 6 318.8 319.5 291.6 329.5 3.26 10 550 5163 -2.6 -10.6 54 8.0 -6.0 318 13 321.0 321.6 292.1 331.3 3.11 11 500 5912 -7.6 -18.0 43 10.4 -11.2 308 12 323.8 324.1 291.7 330.1 1.86 12 450 6723 -12.8 -24.3 38 11.5 -16.0 288 10 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.4 1.19 13 400 7612 -18.4 -23.3 65 4.9 -19.7 245 6 331.1 331.4 293.4 336.3 1.46 14 350 8595 -24.9 -31.3 55 6.4 -26.1 191 5 335.2 335.4 293.9 338.2 0.80 15 300 9700 -32.4 -42.6 36 10.1 -33.6 112 6 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.30 16 250 10958 -42.4 -50.2 42 7.9 -42.9 106 2 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.15 17 200 12426 -54.2 -57.1 70 2.9 -54.3 181 14 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.08 18 150 14234 -61.9 -76.0 14 14.1 -62.0 202 12 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16713 -66.3 -83.3 7 17.1 -66.4 126 3 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.27 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4798.90 m = 15744.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.51 mb = 3921.55 m = 12865.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.35 mb = 1026.36 m = 3367.28 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 29.06 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1553.37 m = 5096.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1512.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.65 mb = 1306.02 m = 4284.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.65 mb = 1760.04 m = 5774.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.65 mb = 13065.49 m = 42865.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1490.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.65 mb = 16094.60 m = 52803.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -8.9 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 89.73 Bulk Shear: 16.86 m/s