MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 37.37,-84.09 Latitude: 37.37 Longitude: -84.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 974 354 18.4 18.0 97 0.5 18.1 17 1 293.8 296.2 292.3 332.0 13.42 2 950 573 20.2 17.4 84 2.8 18.3 46 5 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.1 13.26 3 900 1040 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 64 2 300.7 303.0 293.9 338.1 12.72 4 850 1530 15.9 14.7 92 1.3 15.1 254 4 302.8 305.1 294.3 339.7 12.43 5 800 2044 13.5 10.3 81 3.2 11.5 256 8 305.5 307.4 293.1 335.2 9.88 6 750 2586 11.1 6.7 74 4.4 8.5 247 13 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.9 8.25 7 700 3160 8.8 0.7 57 8.1 4.4 238 16 312.2 313.3 291.7 330.2 5.76 8 650 3771 6.3 -9.7 31 16.0 -0.7 241 14 316.1 316.7 290.4 325.3 2.82 9 600 4423 3.3 -21.1 15 24.4 -5.1 258 11 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.0 1.18 10 550 5122 -0.9 -22.5 18 21.6 -7.9 272 12 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.0 1.14 11 500 5876 -5.5 -28.3 15 22.8 -11.7 259 14 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.0 0.74 12 450 6694 -10.5 -38.4 8 27.9 -16.0 261 16 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.31 13 400 7589 -16.7 -44.8 7 28.1 -21.0 253 19 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 14 350 8577 -24.0 -37.9 27 13.9 -26.2 250 27 336.5 336.5 293.9 338.1 0.42 15 300 9684 -31.9 -50.0 15 18.1 -33.6 249 33 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 16 250 10944 -42.1 -51.8 34 9.8 -42.7 251 37 343.5 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.13 17 200 12415 -53.9 -55.2 86 1.3 -53.9 237 46 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.11 18 150 14204 -66.7 -69.5 67 2.8 -66.7 256 39 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.02 19 100 16654 -66.7 -82.6 9 15.9 -66.8 250 9 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.21 m Freezing level: 560.71 mb = 4972.60 m = 16314.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.19 mb = 3680.33 m = 12074.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.03 mb = 411.16 m = 1348.95 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1739.11 m = 5705.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 2.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.17 C K Index: 28.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4602.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.18 mb = 1124.68 m = 3689.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.1 neg: -10.5 tot: 8.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 26.95 m/s