MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.47,-83.60 Latitude: 39.47 Longitude: -83.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 987 299 17.0 14.4 85 2.6 15.4 51 4 291.2 293.1 289.0 320.9 10.50 2 950 629 19.4 10.4 56 9.1 13.9 83 7 296.9 298.4 289.1 321.2 8.34 3 900 1094 18.5 9.5 56 9.0 13.0 79 6 300.6 302.1 290.3 325.1 8.29 4 850 1581 14.9 9.5 70 5.4 11.6 61 5 301.8 303.4 291.1 327.8 8.79 5 800 2092 11.4 8.6 83 2.8 9.7 100 6 303.3 304.9 291.6 329.6 8.82 6 750 2630 8.5 6.7 89 1.8 7.5 152 8 305.8 307.3 291.9 330.7 8.25 7 700 3199 5.7 2.7 81 3.0 4.1 174 6 308.8 310.1 291.5 329.3 6.66 8 650 3802 2.0 -1.1 80 3.1 0.4 180 5 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.1 5.42 9 600 4443 -2.3 -4.4 86 2.1 -3.3 205 8 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.0 4.60 10 550 5129 -6.8 -8.1 90 1.3 -7.4 224 12 316.1 316.8 291.2 328.2 3.77 11 500 5868 -10.8 -12.4 88 1.5 -11.4 226 14 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.6 2.96 12 450 6670 -16.3 -17.2 93 0.9 -16.6 222 15 322.7 323.1 291.7 330.1 2.20 13 400 7546 -22.4 -22.6 98 0.2 -22.4 231 22 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.3 1.56 14 350 8514 -28.5 -33.7 61 5.2 -29.3 242 35 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.7 0.63 15 300 9602 -36.1 -46.1 35 10.0 -37.0 241 39 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.3 0.20 16 250 10851 -41.2 -62.3 8 21.1 -42.1 235 78 344.7 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 17 200 12334 -50.1 -70.4 7 20.3 -50.6 236 70 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14182 -58.2 -78.3 6 20.2 -58.4 254 36 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.5 -83.6 6 18.1 -65.7 287 16 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.50 m Freezing level: 627.09 mb = 4095.42 m = 13436.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.97 mb = 3863.81 m = 12676.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.08 mb = 627.95 m = 2060.19 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.71 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2944.78 m = 9661.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.19 C = 91.75 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8798.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.48 mb = 1746.80 m = 5730.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.04 Bulk Shear: 17.65 m/s