MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.98,-84.99 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -84.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 990 247 25.2 21.3 79 3.9 22.4 213 1 299.2 302.2 295.9 346.8 16.32 2 950 604 22.3 16.4 69 5.9 18.3 148 4 299.8 302.1 293.4 336.2 12.45 3 900 1072 18.5 14.5 77 4.0 15.9 140 7 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.60 4 850 1560 15.1 12.7 86 2.3 13.6 140 11 301.9 303.9 292.9 334.3 10.94 5 800 2072 11.9 10.5 91 1.5 11.0 149 14 303.8 305.7 292.7 333.6 9.99 6 750 2611 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 167 12 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.7 9.07 7 700 3180 5.9 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 171 10 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.1 7.86 8 650 3784 2.5 1.5 93 1.0 2.0 172 8 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.57 9 600 4428 -1.3 -3.4 85 2.1 -2.3 183 8 314.6 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.95 10 550 5117 -5.7 -8.5 81 2.8 -6.9 201 7 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.2 3.67 11 500 5858 -9.9 -12.5 81 2.6 -10.9 219 10 321.0 321.5 291.9 330.7 2.93 12 450 6663 -14.7 -16.1 89 1.4 -15.2 222 16 324.7 325.2 292.5 332.9 2.41 13 400 7545 -20.7 -22.3 87 1.6 -21.1 224 28 328.1 328.5 292.7 333.8 1.60 14 350 8519 -27.5 -29.9 79 2.5 -27.9 222 33 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.1 0.91 15 300 9612 -34.8 -36.5 84 1.7 -35.0 228 40 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.5 0.56 16 250 10857 -43.7 -48.0 62 4.4 -43.9 223 60 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.20 17 200 12335 -52.3 -59.1 44 6.8 -52.5 221 96 349.9 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.07 18 150 14172 -57.7 -78.8 5 21.1 -58.0 221 43 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16676 -66.6 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 249 14 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.40 m Freezing level: 617.07 mb = 4208.29 m = 13806.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.17 mb = 4071.91 m = 13359.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.56 mb = 736.90 m = 2417.62 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 13.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.44 mb = 1535.99 m = 5039.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.99 mb = 1303.26 m = 4275.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.99 mb = 1957.17 m = 6421.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.99 mb = 9356.60 m = 30697.13 ft B at Equ Level: 401.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.99 mb = 12302.49 m = 40361.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 204.0 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 77.12 Bulk Shear: 5.23 m/s