MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.28,-85.64 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 995 210 26.0 9.4 35 16.6 15.9 261 5 299.5 300.9 289.2 321.5 7.44 2 950 614 20.3 7.2 43 13.0 12.7 266 7 297.8 299.0 287.9 317.6 6.74 3 900 1076 15.7 6.4 54 9.4 10.4 272 7 297.7 298.9 287.9 317.4 6.69 4 850 1557 11.2 5.6 68 5.6 8.0 278 7 297.9 299.1 287.9 317.6 6.70 5 800 2060 7.2 4.1 80 3.2 5.5 310 8 298.9 300.0 288.0 317.8 6.41 6 750 2590 4.8 0.9 76 3.9 2.8 330 14 301.8 302.8 288.1 318.1 5.44 7 700 3149 1.3 -2.9 74 4.2 -0.7 322 18 303.9 304.7 287.9 317.4 4.40 8 650 3742 -1.8 -7.7 64 5.9 -4.3 319 18 306.9 307.5 287.8 317.2 3.30 9 600 4375 -5.2 -14.0 50 8.8 -8.4 310 21 310.1 310.5 287.8 317.1 2.15 10 550 5053 -9.2 -20.0 41 10.8 -12.4 308 24 313.2 313.5 288.1 317.9 1.42 11 500 5784 -13.7 -28.4 28 14.8 -17.0 302 29 316.4 316.5 288.4 318.9 0.73 12 450 6576 -19.5 -28.6 44 9.1 -21.4 299 35 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.5 0.80 13 400 7440 -26.0 -29.7 71 3.7 -26.6 297 40 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.1 0.81 14 350 8391 -33.0 -43.7 33 10.7 -34.0 302 43 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.23 15 300 9462 -38.5 -57.5 12 19.0 -39.5 306 63 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.3 0.05 16 250 10703 -43.8 -59.2 17 15.4 -44.4 296 93 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12164 -54.8 -62.9 36 8.1 -55.0 296 92 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.04 18 150 13984 -57.7 -78.3 6 20.6 -58.0 308 53 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16520 -59.8 -85.0 2 25.2 -60.1 314 39 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.15 m Freezing level: 679.22 mb = 3395.65 m = 11140.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.88 mb = 3035.49 m = 9958.84 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.67 mb = 2271.32 m = 7451.73 ft T: 6.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.91 mb = 2732.57 m = 8965.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 26.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9119.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.74 mb = 2249.57 m = 7380.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -1.1 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 21.67 m/s