MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-83.73 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -83.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 975 378 26.7 13.3 44 13.4 17.9 43 2 302.0 303.8 292.0 331.3 9.89 2 950 609 23.9 10.9 44 13.0 15.8 51 3 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.1 8.65 3 900 1078 19.8 9.5 51 10.3 13.4 68 4 301.9 303.4 290.7 326.5 8.29 4 850 1567 15.2 8.2 63 7.0 11.0 77 4 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.1 8.08 5 800 2077 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.2 95 3 302.4 303.9 290.3 325.2 7.63 6 750 2611 6.7 3.1 78 3.6 4.7 211 5 303.8 305.0 289.7 323.1 6.38 7 700 3174 2.3 0.1 85 2.2 1.1 246 8 305.0 306.0 289.3 321.8 5.50 8 650 3769 -1.4 -5.8 72 4.4 -3.4 265 7 307.4 308.1 288.5 319.2 3.80 9 600 4403 -4.5 -17.5 36 12.9 -8.8 304 4 310.9 311.2 287.5 316.2 1.62 10 550 5083 -8.3 -18.9 42 10.5 -11.6 320 7 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.4 1.56 11 500 5816 -12.0 -36.0 12 23.9 -16.6 324 11 318.4 318.4 288.6 319.7 0.35 12 450 6615 -16.9 -23.0 59 6.1 -18.6 325 14 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.6 1.34 13 400 7490 -21.9 -25.0 76 3.1 -22.6 312 24 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.26 14 350 8459 -29.6 -32.6 75 3.0 -30.1 296 18 328.9 329.0 292.1 331.4 0.70 15 300 9536 -39.0 -43.9 59 4.9 -39.4 316 12 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 16 250 10759 -49.3 -49.9 93 0.6 -49.3 318 13 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 17 200 12189 -55.9 -62.9 41 7.0 -56.1 306 24 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14026 -56.3 -79.3 4 23.0 -56.6 293 28 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16558 -62.9 -84.2 4 21.3 -63.1 297 20 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.07 m Freezing level: 669.00 mb = 3542.46 m = 11622.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.44 mb = 3319.00 m = 10888.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.97 mb = 2055.95 m = 6745.18 ft T: 10.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.64 mb = 2494.37 m = 8183.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.12 mb = 2285.00 m = 7496.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.12 mb = 2774.46 m = 9102.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 515.12 mb = 5587.04 m = 18329.97 ft B at Equ Level: 85.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 405.12 mb = 7395.82 m = 24264.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.0 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 336.0 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 28.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 7.02 m/s