MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-82.18 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -82.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 987 284 23.3 15.5 62 7.7 18.1 130 3 297.5 299.6 291.8 330.3 11.30 2 950 617 24.4 13.0 49 11.4 17.0 165 17 302.0 303.8 292.1 331.5 9.96 3 900 1087 20.7 11.3 55 9.4 14.8 175 20 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.9 9.41 4 850 1578 16.6 10.0 65 6.7 12.5 171 18 303.6 305.2 291.9 330.7 9.08 5 800 2091 12.3 8.5 78 3.7 10.0 162 14 304.2 305.8 291.8 330.4 8.75 6 750 2629 8.3 7.2 93 1.1 7.6 146 9 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.52 7 700 3197 4.7 3.4 92 1.3 4.0 166 5 307.7 309.0 291.5 329.1 7.01 8 650 3799 2.2 -0.7 81 3.0 0.7 179 6 311.5 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.58 9 600 4442 -1.1 -8.1 59 7.1 -4.2 190 9 314.9 315.6 290.6 326.0 3.45 10 550 5132 -4.7 -18.2 34 13.5 -9.2 194 12 318.5 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.66 11 500 5876 -8.5 -24.2 27 15.7 -13.0 205 15 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.08 12 450 6685 -13.7 -25.7 36 12.0 -16.9 216 16 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.7 1.05 13 400 7569 -20.0 -24.4 68 4.4 -21.1 244 28 329.0 329.3 292.7 333.7 1.33 14 350 8550 -24.4 -30.4 57 6.0 -25.6 226 57 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.0 0.87 15 300 9655 -32.4 -37.6 60 5.1 -33.1 222 63 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.6 0.50 16 250 10916 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 226 78 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.4 0.42 17 200 12390 -53.9 -54.1 98 0.1 -53.9 230 81 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.12 18 150 14210 -57.3 -78.4 5 21.1 -57.6 233 39 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.4 0.01 19 100 16709 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.6 263 17 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.27 m Freezing level: 616.19 mb = 4234.30 m = 13891.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.17 mb = 3884.28 m = 12743.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.63 mb = 1274.36 m = 4180.94 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2413.05 m = 7916.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.48 C K Index: 33.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5911.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.59 mb = 2001.12 m = 6565.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.8 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 208.8 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -39.9 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.72 Bulk Shear: 1.68 m/s