MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-83.96 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -83.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 979 358 20.5 18.9 91 1.6 19.4 177 2 295.4 297.9 293.3 336.1 14.18 2 950 622 21.9 17.0 74 4.9 18.5 203 5 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.1 12.91 3 900 1091 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 241 4 302.5 304.8 293.9 338.1 12.00 4 850 1583 16.9 13.1 79 3.7 14.4 246 3 303.8 305.9 293.6 337.3 11.25 5 800 2098 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 231 2 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.6 10.13 6 750 2638 9.9 7.7 87 2.1 8.6 183 3 307.3 308.9 292.8 334.1 8.84 7 700 3210 7.9 1.9 65 6.1 4.6 179 6 311.3 312.4 291.9 330.7 6.26 8 650 3819 4.8 -2.0 62 6.7 1.3 180 8 314.4 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.10 9 600 4468 1.1 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.6 188 7 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.3 4.64 10 550 5163 -2.8 -6.3 77 3.5 -4.4 203 11 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.0 4.36 11 500 5914 -6.5 -12.5 62 6.0 -8.9 201 16 325.2 325.8 293.1 335.0 2.93 12 450 6731 -10.8 -20.3 45 9.5 -13.9 198 15 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.69 13 400 7626 -17.0 -27.2 41 10.2 -19.6 201 17 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.7 1.03 14 350 8614 -23.9 -30.7 53 6.9 -25.3 216 22 336.6 336.7 294.3 339.7 0.84 15 300 9720 -32.4 -40.4 45 8.0 -33.4 229 25 339.7 339.7 294.6 341.1 0.37 16 250 10976 -43.1 -46.8 66 3.8 -43.3 232 29 342.0 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 17 200 12442 -54.8 -59.2 58 4.4 -54.9 232 37 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14227 -65.6 -71.0 47 5.4 -65.7 231 24 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16690 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.5 -65.3 236 9 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.33 m Freezing level: 585.56 mb = 4668.42 m = 15316.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.21 mb = 4108.12 m = 13477.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.19 mb = 556.23 m = 1824.88 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 7.55 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1951.71 m = 6403.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3693.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.69 mb = 1405.73 m = 4611.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.51 Bulk Shear: 1.47 m/s