MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 37.15,-88.55 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -88.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 131 32.0 19.5 48 12.4 23.1 210 5 305.1 307.8 296.2 348.2 14.42 1 1000 133 31.8 18.6 46 13.2 22.5 212 5 304.9 307.5 295.7 345.6 13.62 2 950 592 27.8 16.6 50 11.2 20.1 220 7 305.4 307.8 295.1 343.1 12.58 3 900 1068 23.4 15.3 61 8.1 17.9 243 4 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.4 12.27 4 850 1564 18.9 14.0 73 4.9 15.6 290 4 305.9 308.2 294.7 341.7 11.90 5 800 2082 14.3 12.2 87 2.1 12.9 322 6 306.3 308.4 294.3 340.1 11.22 6 750 2624 10.2 8.6 89 1.7 9.2 334 9 307.7 309.5 293.3 336.2 9.39 7 700 3196 8.5 -2.2 47 10.7 3.0 347 6 311.9 312.7 290.7 326.4 4.64 8 650 3806 5.8 -12.3 26 18.0 -1.7 333 4 315.5 315.9 289.7 323.0 2.29 9 600 4455 1.7 -18.1 21 19.9 -5.4 300 7 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.3 1.53 10 550 5150 -2.6 -22.3 20 19.7 -8.9 308 12 320.9 321.2 290.3 325.0 1.16 11 500 5898 -8.1 -19.2 40 11.1 -11.8 319 14 323.2 323.5 291.4 328.9 1.67 12 450 6709 -12.7 -28.3 26 15.6 -16.6 306 12 327.3 327.4 291.8 330.3 0.83 13 400 7597 -18.8 -35.2 22 16.4 -21.9 307 11 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.3 0.48 14 350 8576 -26.6 -40.1 27 13.5 -28.5 263 12 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.2 0.33 15 300 9668 -35.5 -48.5 25 12.9 -36.6 262 11 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.16 16 250 10912 -44.5 -59.9 16 15.4 -45.1 244 27 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 17 200 12373 -54.2 -67.1 19 12.9 -54.5 246 29 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14171 -64.2 -73.9 26 9.6 -64.3 284 14 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16625 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 273 10 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.59 m Freezing level: 580.17 mb = 4730.84 m = 15520.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.31 mb = 3577.20 m = 11736.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.89 mb = 1706.94 m = 5600.13 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 25.14 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.75 mb = 2105.27 m = 6906.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.83 mb = 1977.42 m = 6487.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.83 mb = 2242.54 m = 7357.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.83 mb = 11606.85 m = 38079.77 ft B at Equ Level: 720.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.83 mb = 14383.18 m = 47188.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.3 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 339.3 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 55.14 Bulk Shear: 13.14 m/s