MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 38.91,-84.92 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -84.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 988 235 25.0 23.3 90 1.7 23.8 333 3 299.1 302.5 297.3 353.2 18.52 2 950 582 22.1 20.0 88 2.1 20.6 341 6 299.7 302.5 295.7 345.6 15.71 3 900 1051 19.3 17.5 90 1.8 18.1 330 4 301.4 304.0 295.0 343.0 14.13 4 850 1542 16.9 15.1 89 1.8 15.7 251 6 303.8 306.2 294.7 341.8 12.77 5 800 2058 14.2 12.5 89 1.7 13.1 245 15 306.3 308.4 294.5 340.8 11.47 6 750 2602 11.3 10.0 92 1.2 10.5 244 24 308.8 310.8 294.4 340.3 10.36 7 700 3177 8.3 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 244 30 311.7 313.3 293.9 338.3 8.62 8 650 3786 4.7 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 246 34 314.2 315.6 293.7 337.4 7.40 9 600 4435 0.5 -0.5 93 1.0 -0.0 239 34 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.2 6.16 10 550 5129 -3.3 -4.4 92 1.1 -3.8 236 41 320.2 321.1 293.4 336.4 5.02 11 500 5879 -6.8 -7.7 93 0.9 -7.2 234 40 324.8 325.6 294.0 338.9 4.28 12 450 6696 -10.7 -11.4 95 0.7 -11.0 244 38 329.8 330.5 294.8 341.8 3.55 13 400 7593 -16.1 -16.6 95 0.6 -16.3 251 36 334.1 334.6 295.1 343.2 2.60 14 350 8586 -22.7 -22.8 99 0.1 -22.8 246 40 338.1 338.5 295.4 344.4 1.74 15 300 9697 -31.3 -31.5 97 0.3 -31.3 242 38 341.3 341.5 295.4 344.8 0.91 16 250 10960 -42.0 -42.5 95 0.5 -42.1 245 33 343.6 343.7 295.5 345.0 0.36 17 200 12427 -54.7 -57.4 72 2.7 -54.8 232 28 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14213 -64.6 -72.0 36 7.4 -64.7 228 44 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.02 19 100 16692 -63.1 -84.0 4 21.0 -63.3 225 18 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.48 m Freezing level: 593.49 mb = 4524.94 m = 14845.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.51 mb = 4427.70 m = 14526.41 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.14 mb = 444.07 m = 1456.90 ft T: 23.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1111.30 m = 3645.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 506.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.80 mb = 928.96 m = 3047.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.80 mb = 1767.77 m = 5799.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.80 mb = 11866.83 m = 38932.69 ft B at Equ Level: 506.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.80 mb = 14732.16 m = 48333.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -12.9 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.44 Bulk Shear: 93.15 m/s