MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.94,-84.80 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -84.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 986 268 26.7 12.6 42 14.1 17.7 312 8 301.1 302.8 291.3 328.7 9.34 2 950 591 23.7 9.9 42 13.8 15.2 314 13 301.2 302.7 290.3 325.2 8.09 3 900 1059 19.2 8.8 51 10.4 12.9 314 13 301.3 302.8 290.2 324.9 7.94 4 850 1547 14.6 7.8 64 6.8 10.6 311 11 301.4 302.9 290.2 324.8 7.85 5 800 2056 9.8 6.8 81 3.0 8.1 304 11 301.6 303.1 290.2 324.7 7.78 6 750 2588 5.4 5.1 98 0.4 5.2 292 11 302.5 303.8 290.1 324.5 7.35 7 700 3149 1.3 0.5 94 0.8 0.9 288 12 304.0 305.0 289.1 321.2 5.68 8 650 3743 0.0 -18.5 23 18.5 -6.1 306 16 309.0 309.3 286.6 313.5 1.37 9 600 4382 -2.0 -21.6 21 19.6 -8.1 306 17 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.6 1.13 10 550 5069 -4.8 -28.9 13 24.1 -11.0 298 19 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.64 11 500 5812 -9.2 -38.5 7 29.3 -14.9 289 26 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.28 12 450 6617 -15.1 -41.5 9 26.4 -19.3 287 32 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.22 13 400 7495 -22.0 -44.9 11 22.8 -24.9 284 34 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.18 14 350 8462 -29.8 -51.6 10 21.7 -31.6 285 36 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.09 15 300 9541 -37.5 -50.7 24 13.2 -38.4 291 32 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10773 -47.2 -47.6 96 0.4 -47.2 297 45 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.21 17 200 12212 -58.8 -59.3 94 0.5 -58.9 301 50 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.06 18 150 14009 -59.9 -77.6 8 17.7 -60.1 312 49 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16523 -61.6 -84.9 3 23.3 -61.8 305 22 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.96 m Freezing level: 649.37 mb = 3751.37 m = 12307.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.56 mb = 3223.11 m = 10574.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.22 mb = 2032.36 m = 6667.76 ft T: 10.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.16 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2392.79 m = 7850.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 17.03 C K Index: 30.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.50 mb = 2280.41 m = 7481.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.50 mb = 2549.77 m = 8365.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 663.50 mb = 3578.47 m = 11740.24 ft B at Equ Level: 26.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 613.50 mb = 4204.20 m = 13793.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.70 Bulk Shear: 4.00 m/s