MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 39.84,-85.04 Latitude: 39.84 Longitude: -85.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 977 326 27.2 24.3 84 2.9 25.0 227 11 302.4 306.1 299.0 361.6 19.96 2 950 569 25.0 20.9 78 4.1 22.1 228 19 302.6 305.6 297.0 351.6 16.58 3 900 1042 21.1 19.0 88 2.1 19.6 229 23 303.2 306.1 296.4 349.2 15.51 4 850 1536 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 16.9 233 25 305.6 308.2 295.8 346.5 13.65 5 800 2055 15.8 12.0 78 3.8 13.3 235 26 308.0 310.1 294.7 341.6 11.09 6 750 2602 12.6 8.3 75 4.3 10.0 241 26 310.3 312.0 294.0 338.6 9.22 7 700 3178 9.3 4.7 73 4.6 6.6 247 26 312.8 314.3 293.5 336.7 7.69 8 650 3789 5.6 0.6 70 5.0 2.9 245 27 315.3 316.5 293.0 334.8 6.17 9 600 4440 1.5 -2.6 74 4.1 -0.6 239 30 317.8 318.8 293.0 334.7 5.27 10 550 5136 -2.5 -7.0 71 4.5 -4.6 237 33 321.1 321.9 293.0 334.6 4.11 11 500 5887 -6.9 -12.0 67 5.1 -9.0 233 36 324.6 325.2 293.0 334.8 3.05 12 450 6701 -12.0 -17.0 66 5.0 -13.8 230 38 328.1 328.5 293.3 335.8 2.24 13 400 7592 -18.0 -22.0 71 4.0 -19.1 233 42 331.6 332.0 293.7 337.5 1.64 14 350 8577 -24.5 -28.9 67 4.4 -25.4 237 41 335.8 336.0 294.2 339.5 1.00 15 300 9683 -32.1 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.6 256 43 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.6 0.64 16 250 10942 -42.7 -43.3 94 0.6 -42.8 261 50 342.6 342.7 295.3 343.9 0.33 17 200 12410 -52.9 -56.5 65 3.6 -53.0 239 52 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14217 -64.0 -69.2 49 5.3 -64.0 235 38 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.02 19 100 16695 -64.0 -83.6 5 19.6 -64.2 217 18 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.51 m Freezing level: 581.39 mb = 4699.10 m = 15416.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.89 mb = 4320.41 m = 14174.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.62 mb = 692.95 m = 2273.44 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 27.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1437.43 m = 4715.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 37.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1563.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.85 mb = 1169.18 m = 3835.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.85 mb = 2035.66 m = 6678.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.85 mb = 13007.83 m = 42676.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1549.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.85 mb = 16010.52 m = 52527.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 103.89 Bulk Shear: 15.05 m/s