MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.39,-85.51 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -85.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 278 16.8 14.6 87 2.2 15.4 100 6 291.1 293.0 289.0 321.1 10.61 2 950 603 19.7 13.1 66 6.5 15.5 120 15 297.1 299.0 290.6 326.3 10.05 3 900 1068 17.8 11.3 66 6.5 13.7 117 14 299.9 301.6 291.0 327.4 9.38 4 850 1555 14.2 9.9 75 4.3 11.6 115 12 301.0 302.7 291.1 327.8 9.06 5 800 2064 10.4 8.6 89 1.8 9.3 123 11 302.3 303.9 291.3 328.5 8.81 6 750 2599 7.2 6.0 93 1.1 6.5 169 6 304.3 305.8 291.2 328.0 7.86 7 700 3166 6.0 -4.0 48 10.0 1.2 211 6 309.2 309.9 289.3 321.9 4.06 8 650 3769 2.7 -10.5 37 13.1 -2.8 200 7 312.0 312.5 288.9 320.5 2.65 9 600 4412 -1.1 -18.7 25 17.7 -7.0 192 8 314.9 315.2 288.6 319.8 1.45 10 550 5100 -4.9 -30.2 12 25.4 -11.2 208 4 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.3 0.56 11 500 5842 -10.2 -21.9 38 11.7 -13.7 219 7 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.1 1.32 12 450 6645 -15.8 -30.4 27 14.6 -19.0 201 8 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.8 0.68 13 400 7523 -21.2 -33.3 33 12.1 -23.4 223 17 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.58 14 350 8496 -27.7 -28.5 93 0.7 -27.9 218 22 331.4 331.6 293.1 335.2 1.05 15 300 9592 -33.8 -33.8 100 -0.0 -33.8 236 28 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10843 -44.1 -44.1 100 -0.0 -44.2 230 37 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.30 17 200 12305 -52.7 -67.9 14 15.2 -53.0 237 61 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14144 -56.7 -79.8 4 23.1 -57.0 259 39 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16640 -65.6 -83.9 6 18.3 -65.8 315 25 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.32 m Freezing level: 614.17 mb = 4229.80 m = 13877.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.05 mb = 3341.85 m = 10963.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.29 mb = 564.12 m = 1850.78 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.07 mb = 2094.18 m = 6870.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 3.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 2.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 24.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7185.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.04 mb = 1464.43 m = 4804.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 159.4 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 189.4 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -132.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.66 Bulk Shear: 9.10 m/s