MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 39.78,-84.84 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -84.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 975 308 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.9 214 5 297.7 300.5 294.9 342.5 15.44 2 950 533 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.4 234 14 300.6 303.3 295.3 344.2 14.86 3 900 1003 20.2 17.4 84 2.7 18.3 250 20 302.3 304.9 295.2 343.8 14.05 4 850 1495 17.6 14.9 84 2.7 15.8 274 24 304.6 306.9 294.8 342.3 12.64 5 800 2013 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.6 295 29 307.5 309.4 294.1 339.0 10.41 6 750 2558 12.5 6.3 66 6.2 8.8 309 30 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.8 8.01 7 700 3134 8.6 3.2 69 5.3 5.5 317 30 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.5 6.92 8 650 3743 4.0 -0.6 72 4.7 1.6 321 30 313.5 314.6 292.0 331.2 5.63 9 600 4388 -0.7 -4.8 73 4.2 -2.7 325 30 315.3 316.2 291.6 329.5 4.45 10 550 5078 -5.0 -10.0 68 5.0 -7.1 328 29 318.2 318.8 291.4 328.8 3.26 11 500 5821 -9.6 -15.8 61 6.2 -11.8 326 25 321.3 321.7 291.4 328.8 2.23 12 450 6626 -15.2 -21.6 58 6.4 -17.0 315 22 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.4 1.52 13 400 7505 -21.4 -26.8 62 5.4 -22.7 314 24 327.1 327.3 292.0 330.9 1.06 14 350 8475 -28.7 -33.7 62 5.0 -29.5 317 28 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.4 0.63 15 300 9560 -36.7 -41.3 63 4.5 -37.2 322 31 333.6 333.7 293.0 334.9 0.34 16 250 10795 -46.7 -52.8 49 6.2 -46.9 313 30 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 17 200 12233 -58.6 -59.5 89 0.9 -58.6 307 46 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 18 150 14021 -60.4 -74.7 14 14.2 -60.6 316 43 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16544 -62.2 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 308 21 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.13 m Freezing level: 607.36 mb = 4293.23 m = 14085.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 3978.31 m = 13052.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.99 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.75 mb = 590.11 m = 1936.04 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1750.32 m = 5742.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 36.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1489.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.65 mb = 1170.85 m = 3841.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.65 mb = 3043.29 m = 9984.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.65 mb = 12629.29 m = 41434.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1470.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.65 mb = 15025.01 m = 49294.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 16.50 Bulk Shear: 90.31 m/s