MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-84.88 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -84.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 979 308 20.4 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 106 3 295.3 297.9 293.4 336.6 14.37 2 950 566 23.2 17.8 72 5.4 19.5 143 7 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.6 13.60 3 900 1038 22.1 16.0 68 6.1 17.9 167 7 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.3 12.79 4 850 1533 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.7 171 7 305.9 308.1 294.8 341.9 12.01 5 800 2052 14.9 12.3 85 2.6 13.2 170 7 307.0 309.1 294.6 341.2 11.32 6 750 2596 11.0 10.2 95 0.8 10.5 166 6 308.5 310.5 294.4 340.3 10.48 7 700 3169 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.6 163 7 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.8 8.33 8 650 3779 5.4 1.7 77 3.6 3.4 153 8 315.0 316.3 293.3 336.1 6.69 9 600 4429 1.9 -1.6 77 3.5 0.0 176 7 318.3 319.4 293.4 336.5 5.67 10 550 5130 0.1 -9.2 50 9.3 -4.1 283 2 324.2 324.9 293.3 335.7 3.47 11 500 5888 -3.6 -21.6 23 18.0 -9.6 331 3 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.5 1.36 12 450 6714 -8.0 -28.8 17 20.8 -13.6 269 6 333.2 333.3 293.3 336.1 0.79 13 400 7617 -14.4 -32.2 21 17.8 -18.5 259 6 336.2 336.4 294.0 338.7 0.64 14 350 8613 -22.5 -36.7 26 14.3 -25.0 216 5 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.3 0.47 15 300 9727 -30.1 -48.4 15 18.3 -32.0 55 4 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.16 16 250 10995 -41.2 -48.9 43 7.7 -41.7 108 10 344.8 344.9 295.6 345.6 0.18 17 200 12468 -53.9 -56.4 74 2.5 -54.0 139 5 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.09 18 150 14261 -65.0 -71.6 40 6.5 -65.1 249 8 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.02 19 100 16708 -68.3 -82.8 11 14.5 -68.4 7 4 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.83 m Freezing level: 549.01 mb = 5144.57 m = 16878.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4431.96 m = 14540.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.26 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.86 mb = 467.18 m = 1532.72 ft T: 22.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.18 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.36 mb = 2079.47 m = 6822.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.04 C = 89.67 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.66 mb = 1425.56 m = 4676.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.66 mb = 2985.16 m = 9793.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.66 mb = 3339.29 m = 10955.55 ft B at Equ Level: 32.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 555.66 mb = 5047.17 m = 16558.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.4 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 199.4 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 10.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 32.91 Bulk Shear: 0.99 m/s