MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.46,-84.06 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -84.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 190 SFC 981 356 22.5 21.0 91 1.5 21.4 115 2 297.3 300.2 295.3 343.9 16.12 2 950 639 23.3 17.7 71 5.6 19.5 105 3 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.7 13.57 3 900 1109 20.2 14.9 71 5.4 16.7 90 3 302.4 304.6 293.7 337.6 11.90 4 850 1600 16.9 12.1 73 4.9 13.8 90 4 303.9 305.8 293.1 335.1 10.48 5 800 2115 13.6 9.2 75 4.4 10.9 96 4 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.3 9.18 6 750 2657 10.2 6.3 77 3.9 7.9 105 4 307.7 309.2 292.3 332.1 8.02 7 700 3228 6.7 3.8 82 2.9 5.1 108 3 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.1 7.20 8 650 3833 3.2 0.9 85 2.2 2.0 327 0 312.6 313.8 292.3 332.3 6.32 9 600 4478 -0.5 -3.2 82 2.7 -1.8 294 2 315.6 316.6 292.2 331.6 5.04 10 550 5169 -4.4 -8.3 74 3.9 -6.1 308 4 318.9 319.6 292.0 331.0 3.71 11 500 5914 -8.5 -14.2 63 5.8 -10.6 346 9 322.7 323.2 292.0 331.3 2.54 12 450 6725 -13.1 -19.1 60 6.0 -15.0 322 11 326.8 327.2 292.6 333.3 1.87 13 400 7612 -19.0 -23.0 71 4.0 -20.1 296 15 330.3 330.6 293.2 335.6 1.50 14 350 8592 -26.0 -27.3 89 1.3 -26.3 269 12 333.6 333.9 293.8 337.9 1.16 15 300 9689 -34.0 -35.2 89 1.1 -34.2 234 20 337.4 337.6 294.3 339.9 0.64 16 250 10938 -44.0 -44.1 99 0.1 -44.0 234 16 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12400 -53.8 -59.4 50 5.7 -53.9 226 35 347.6 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14225 -59.5 -76.1 10 16.7 -59.7 252 29 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16714 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.3 164 7 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.97 m Freezing level: 606.38 mb = 4396.04 m = 14422.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.96 mb = 4162.79 m = 13657.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.56 mb = 551.33 m = 1808.80 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1910.44 m = 6267.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.05 mb = 1429.75 m = 4690.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.05 mb = 2633.64 m = 8640.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.05 mb = 9640.17 m = 31627.46 ft B at Equ Level: 308.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.05 mb = 12657.53 m = 41526.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 33.8 at 3.7 knts Storm direction: 63.8 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -1.2 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 156.69 Bulk Shear: 1.98 m/s