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: 39.56,-83.70 Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: -83.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 299 17.0 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 54 4 291.2 293.1 289.0 321.0 10.54 2 950 629 19.6 9.8 53 9.8 13.7 83 7 297.1 298.5 288.9 320.5 8.05 3 900 1094 18.4 9.3 55 9.2 12.9 84 6 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.7 8.17 4 850 1582 14.8 9.4 70 5.4 11.5 67 5 301.7 303.3 291.0 327.6 8.74 5 800 2092 11.3 8.6 84 2.6 9.7 104 5 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.5 8.83 6 750 2629 8.5 6.6 88 1.9 7.4 151 7 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.6 8.19 7 700 3198 5.7 2.7 81 3.0 4.1 171 6 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.3 6.67 8 650 3801 1.9 -1.1 81 3.0 0.3 177 5 311.1 312.1 291.2 328.0 5.43 9 600 4443 -2.4 -4.5 85 2.1 -3.4 204 8 313.3 314.2 291.1 327.8 4.56 10 550 5128 -6.8 -8.2 90 1.4 -7.4 225 12 316.0 316.7 291.2 328.1 3.75 11 500 5867 -10.9 -12.7 87 1.8 -11.6 228 14 319.8 320.3 291.5 329.3 2.88 12 450 6669 -16.4 -17.4 92 1.0 -16.7 224 16 322.6 323.0 291.7 329.9 2.17 13 400 7544 -22.5 -22.7 98 0.2 -22.5 231 22 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.1 1.54 14 350 8512 -28.8 -33.2 66 4.3 -29.5 243 33 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.67 15 300 9599 -36.2 -45.4 38 9.2 -37.0 241 39 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.2 0.22 16 250 10846 -41.5 -61.8 9 20.4 -42.3 234 74 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 17 200 12330 -49.8 -70.6 7 20.8 -50.3 236 69 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14180 -58.0 -78.4 6 20.4 -58.2 254 37 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.01 19 100 16695 -65.5 -83.6 6 18.1 -65.7 284 16 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.33 m Freezing level: 628.09 mb = 4082.39 m = 13393.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.80 mb = 3853.31 m = 12641.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.37 mb = 625.86 m = 2053.31 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.26 mb = 3032.18 m = 9947.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.66 C = 92.58 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.33 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 32.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8300.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.37 mb = 1788.65 m = 5868.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -5.9 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 17.80 m/s