MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-83.77 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 977 343 34.9 20.4 43 14.5 24.3 318 2 310.1 313.1 298.3 357.9 15.66 2 950 595 29.7 18.6 51 11.1 21.8 306 2 307.4 310.0 296.7 350.5 14.32 3 900 1075 25.0 17.6 64 7.4 19.8 270 1 307.2 309.9 296.7 350.1 14.23 4 850 1574 20.3 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 232 2 307.4 310.0 296.5 349.7 14.05 5 800 2095 15.7 14.9 95 0.8 15.1 219 3 307.8 310.4 296.3 348.4 13.42 6 750 2642 13.5 9.6 77 3.9 11.0 207 6 311.2 313.1 294.8 342.2 10.08 7 700 3221 10.4 5.8 73 4.6 7.6 205 5 314.0 315.6 294.3 339.8 8.27 8 650 3835 6.8 2.4 73 4.4 4.3 211 4 316.7 318.1 294.1 339.0 7.04 9 600 4489 2.9 -0.9 76 3.7 0.8 243 3 319.4 320.6 294.0 338.7 6.00 10 550 5189 -1.0 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.4 294 4 322.9 323.7 293.7 337.5 4.44 11 500 5944 -5.2 -12.5 56 7.4 -8.2 298 8 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.6 2.92 12 450 6764 -9.8 -17.5 53 7.7 -12.6 281 8 330.9 331.3 293.9 338.4 2.15 13 400 7663 -15.6 -22.0 58 6.3 -17.6 246 7 334.6 335.0 294.4 340.5 1.65 14 350 8656 -22.8 -27.0 68 4.2 -23.8 236 9 338.0 338.2 294.9 342.4 1.19 15 300 9768 -30.9 -33.9 75 3.0 -31.4 243 14 341.8 341.9 295.4 344.5 0.73 16 250 11034 -41.4 -47.3 53 5.9 -41.8 258 15 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.22 17 200 12507 -53.8 -56.3 75 2.4 -53.9 257 21 347.5 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.09 18 150 14300 -64.9 -72.0 37 7.1 -65.0 254 7 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.02 19 100 16741 -67.6 -82.8 10 15.1 -67.8 82 5 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.02 m Freezing level: 563.09 mb = 5005.50 m = 16422.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.18 mb = 4621.42 m = 15161.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.00 % Est. max temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.59 mb = 2162.70 m = 7095.39 ft T: 15.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 21.27 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.59 mb = 2045.39 m = 6710.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 37.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1026.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.37 mb = 2026.45 m = 6648.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.37 mb = 2079.87 m = 6823.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.37 mb = 13116.19 m = 43031.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1024.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.37 mb = 16092.50 m = 52796.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 659.12 Bulk Shear: 1.56 m/s