MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-84.11 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -84.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 977 352 17.2 16.5 96 0.6 16.8 132 2 292.2 294.4 290.8 326.8 12.20 2 950 595 18.8 15.4 81 3.4 16.6 147 5 296.3 298.4 291.7 330.0 11.69 3 900 1058 16.8 13.5 81 3.4 14.7 139 5 298.8 300.8 291.9 330.5 10.84 4 850 1544 14.2 11.7 85 2.5 12.6 128 5 301.0 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.19 5 800 2055 11.7 10.1 90 1.6 10.7 147 5 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.7 9.74 6 750 2594 8.8 8.1 95 0.7 8.3 191 7 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.4 9.06 7 700 3162 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 194 9 308.3 309.8 292.3 332.2 7.83 8 650 3766 2.9 -0.2 80 3.0 1.3 198 10 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.4 5.82 9 600 4411 -0.4 -8.7 53 8.3 -4.0 215 9 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.3 3.29 10 550 5102 -3.7 -15.9 38 12.2 -8.2 218 8 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.4 2.01 11 500 5848 -8.3 -23.3 29 15.0 -12.7 220 9 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.0 1.17 12 450 6658 -13.0 -29.2 24 16.2 -16.9 229 16 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.76 13 400 7549 -17.0 -37.5 15 20.6 -20.8 244 14 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 14 350 8536 -24.0 -36.2 31 12.3 -26.1 248 37 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.3 0.49 15 300 9644 -31.6 -39.5 46 7.9 -32.7 250 37 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.4 0.41 16 250 10903 -42.5 -47.4 59 4.9 -42.8 256 44 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.21 17 200 12370 -54.1 -59.4 52 5.3 -54.2 252 55 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14187 -59.1 -78.5 6 19.3 -59.3 275 37 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16657 -68.0 -83.5 9 15.5 -68.1 304 21 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.75 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4330.71 m = 14208.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.15 mb = 3914.15 m = 12841.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.67 mb = 427.40 m = 1402.23 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1866.02 m = 6122.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.99 C Showalter Index: 2.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6419.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.31 mb = 1188.83 m = 3900.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.60 Bulk Shear: 5.04 m/s