MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.98,-85.70 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -85.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 996 198 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.0 111 3 298.3 301.2 295.3 344.2 15.78 2 950 609 20.5 17.5 83 3.0 18.5 112 5 298.0 300.5 293.5 336.9 13.38 3 900 1074 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 116 6 298.9 301.2 293.3 335.7 12.62 4 850 1561 14.4 12.5 88 1.9 13.2 129 7 301.2 303.2 292.5 333.0 10.77 5 800 2071 11.7 10.4 92 1.3 10.9 143 7 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.93 6 750 2609 8.6 7.9 96 0.7 8.2 150 8 305.9 307.6 292.5 332.9 8.96 7 700 3178 5.4 4.9 96 0.5 5.1 157 10 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.2 7.78 8 650 3781 2.2 1.6 95 0.7 1.8 163 11 311.5 312.7 292.3 332.0 6.61 9 600 4424 -1.4 -3.4 86 2.0 -2.4 174 12 314.5 315.4 291.7 330.2 4.95 10 550 5113 -5.2 -9.7 71 4.5 -7.1 192 13 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.7 3.33 11 500 5855 -9.5 -15.7 61 6.2 -11.7 198 13 321.4 321.9 291.4 329.0 2.25 12 450 6661 -14.8 -20.2 63 5.4 -16.4 202 14 324.6 324.9 291.8 330.4 1.70 13 400 7542 -20.8 -21.2 97 0.4 -21.0 210 19 327.9 328.3 292.8 334.0 1.76 14 350 8515 -27.7 -30.4 78 2.7 -28.2 210 25 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.87 15 300 9605 -35.6 -38.3 76 2.7 -36.0 213 26 335.1 335.2 293.6 336.9 0.47 16 250 10847 -44.7 -46.4 83 1.7 -44.8 227 51 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.24 17 200 12321 -50.0 -64.4 17 14.4 -50.4 224 78 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.7 0.03 18 150 14167 -57.8 -78.6 5 20.9 -58.0 227 37 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16668 -67.3 -83.4 8 16.1 -67.4 263 14 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.05 m Freezing level: 619.36 mb = 4175.00 m = 13697.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.24 mb = 4054.49 m = 13301.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.44 mb = 696.03 m = 2283.53 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.05 mb = 1054.60 m = 3459.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.73 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.41 mb = 984.65 m = 3230.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.41 mb = 1222.85 m = 4011.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.41 mb = 9968.09 m = 32703.31 ft B at Equ Level: 505.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.41 mb = 12503.04 m = 41019.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 196.5 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 63.47 Bulk Shear: 7.99 m/s