MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.51,-84.13 Latitude: 38.51 Longitude: -84.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 990 252 17.0 10.6 66 6.4 13.2 59 8 291.0 292.5 286.8 314.1 8.14 2 950 602 18.1 11.2 64 6.9 13.9 90 21 295.6 297.2 289.1 321.1 8.84 3 900 1064 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.8 102 18 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.7 10.10 4 850 1549 14.5 10.2 75 4.3 11.9 124 9 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.6 9.23 5 800 2059 10.0 9.1 94 0.9 9.5 141 8 301.8 303.4 291.3 328.7 9.09 6 750 2593 8.6 -2.5 46 11.1 3.1 177 6 305.9 306.7 288.4 319.0 4.24 7 700 3163 7.3 -28.2 6 35.5 -2.9 104 1 310.6 310.7 286.2 312.5 0.53 8 650 3767 3.2 -17.7 20 20.9 -4.2 238 2 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.4 1.46 9 600 4410 -0.9 -23.4 16 22.5 -7.7 199 1 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.4 0.97 10 550 5099 -5.1 -27.1 16 22.0 -10.9 234 1 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.7 0.75 11 500 5840 -9.9 -23.6 32 13.8 -13.7 280 4 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.0 1.14 12 450 6643 -16.2 -20.3 71 4.1 -17.4 270 10 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.6 1.69 13 400 7521 -21.6 -30.1 46 8.5 -23.4 263 20 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.78 14 350 8491 -28.1 -33.1 62 5.0 -29.0 261 31 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.3 0.67 15 300 9580 -35.8 -47.6 29 11.9 -36.7 263 26 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.17 16 250 10825 -44.2 -64.2 9 20.0 -44.9 263 41 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12293 -51.8 -67.8 13 16.0 -52.1 264 57 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14127 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.3 274 62 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.0 0.01 19 100 16626 -65.7 -84.1 6 18.4 -65.8 293 30 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.01 m Freezing level: 610.60 mb = 4273.93 m = 14021.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.11 mb = 2883.32 m = 9459.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.78 mb = 1066.28 m = 3498.26 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.66 mb = 3190.12 m = 10466.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.64 C = 97.95 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 5.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.04 C Showalter Index: 2.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: -1.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8993.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.38 mb = 1426.53 m = 4680.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.6 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 151.6 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -51.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 19.35 m/s