MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z WED 20 AUG 25 Station: 36.2,-88.31 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 986 147 21.3 21.0 98 0.3 21.1 47 15 295.6 298.5 294.7 341.7 16.04 2 950 468 19.7 19.7 100 -0.0 19.7 57 33 297.2 300.0 294.7 341.7 15.40 3 900 934 18.4 18.2 99 0.2 18.2 76 34 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.7 14.74 4 850 1425 16.8 16.7 99 0.1 16.8 104 26 303.7 306.4 295.7 346.0 14.22 5 800 1942 14.9 14.8 100 0.0 14.8 124 16 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.3 13.38 6 750 2488 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.4 84 8 310.7 312.9 296.0 347.4 12.00 7 700 3068 10.4 9.0 91 1.4 9.5 53 11 314.0 316.0 295.7 346.1 10.33 8 650 3683 7.2 6.0 92 1.3 6.5 46 13 317.1 318.9 295.7 345.6 9.04 9 600 4338 3.5 3.2 98 0.3 3.4 28 12 320.2 321.7 295.7 346.0 8.08 10 550 5041 -0.0 -0.2 99 0.1 -0.2 37 17 324.0 325.4 295.8 346.4 6.89 11 500 5802 -3.5 -3.8 97 0.3 -3.7 47 16 328.8 330.0 296.2 348.0 5.78 12 450 6629 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 53 11 333.8 334.8 296.6 349.8 4.67 13 400 7539 -12.3 -12.7 97 0.4 -12.5 64 9 339.0 339.7 297.0 351.7 3.60 14 350 8548 -18.4 -18.8 96 0.5 -18.5 58 4 344.0 344.5 297.3 353.0 2.48 15 300 9681 -26.6 -26.6 100 0.0 -26.6 168 4 348.0 348.3 297.4 353.4 1.45 16 250 10970 -36.9 -38.3 87 1.4 -37.1 182 8 351.2 351.3 297.4 353.5 0.56 17 200 12469 -50.6 -51.5 90 0.9 -50.7 191 14 352.6 352.7 297.4 353.3 0.17 18 150 14280 -63.3 -74.5 21 11.2 -63.4 267 31 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16711 -70.0 -82.1 15 12.1 -70.1 300 11 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.84 m Freezing level: 550.67 mb = 5032.03 m = 16509.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 552.22 mb = 5008.97 m = 16433.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.45 mb = 185.99 m = 610.20 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 1.76 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 618.13 m = 2027.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.88 C = 74.99 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 40.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4277.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.12 mb = 622.51 m = 2042.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.0 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 94.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 14.58 m/s