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: 36.81,-87.92 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -87.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 988 153 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 56 15 295.0 297.8 294.2 339.5 15.55 2 950 491 19.2 19.2 100 0.0 19.2 65 36 296.7 299.4 294.3 339.7 14.90 3 900 957 18.1 17.7 97 0.5 17.8 81 37 300.2 302.8 294.8 342.0 14.28 4 850 1447 16.5 16.1 98 0.4 16.3 101 27 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.2 13.71 5 800 1963 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 116 22 306.4 308.8 295.5 344.8 12.77 6 750 2508 12.0 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 125 19 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.5 11.78 7 700 3085 9.5 9.3 99 0.2 9.3 112 15 313.0 315.0 295.7 345.6 10.57 8 650 3699 6.6 6.2 97 0.5 6.3 88 13 316.5 318.3 295.6 345.3 9.19 9 600 4353 2.7 2.5 99 0.2 2.6 72 11 319.2 320.7 295.2 343.7 7.68 10 550 5054 -0.6 -0.8 99 0.2 -0.7 62 12 323.4 324.7 295.5 344.8 6.60 11 500 5812 -3.9 -4.3 97 0.4 -4.1 54 10 328.3 329.4 295.9 346.8 5.57 12 450 6638 -8.2 -8.8 95 0.6 -8.5 59 9 333.0 333.8 296.2 347.9 4.38 13 400 7546 -12.9 -13.4 96 0.5 -13.2 99 7 338.2 338.9 296.7 350.1 3.39 14 350 8552 -19.0 -19.0 100 0.0 -19.0 141 8 343.2 343.7 297.1 352.0 2.44 15 300 9683 -26.9 -26.9 100 -0.0 -26.9 166 14 347.4 347.7 297.2 352.7 1.41 16 250 10970 -37.3 -37.5 98 0.2 -37.4 181 14 350.6 350.7 297.3 353.0 0.61 17 200 12467 -50.8 -51.3 94 0.5 -50.8 189 24 352.3 352.4 297.3 353.0 0.17 18 150 14274 -64.0 -73.6 26 9.6 -64.1 272 25 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16708 -69.1 -82.7 12 13.6 -69.2 296 14 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.57 m Freezing level: 558.85 mb = 4929.85 m = 16173.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 560.41 mb = 4902.78 m = 16085.04 ft Precipitable water: 2.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.58 mb = 190.32 m = 624.40 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 764.28 m = 2507.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.18 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 2.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.07 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4570.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.82 mb = 638.61 m = 2095.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 218.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 25.72 m/s