MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 42.46,-84.86 Latitude: 42.46 Longitude: -84.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 983 284 31.4 19.2 48 12.2 22.7 195 11 306.1 308.7 296.5 349.2 14.39 2 950 582 26.8 17.4 57 9.3 20.3 197 15 304.3 306.8 295.3 344.0 13.30 3 900 1057 22.2 16.3 69 5.8 18.2 200 15 304.4 306.8 295.1 343.4 13.09 4 850 1551 17.7 15.1 85 2.6 15.9 201 14 304.6 307.0 295.0 342.8 12.78 5 800 2067 14.6 9.6 72 4.9 11.5 205 14 306.7 308.4 293.1 335.2 9.45 6 750 2611 12.6 0.1 42 12.5 5.9 204 12 310.3 311.2 290.6 326.3 5.14 7 700 3186 9.2 -6.1 34 15.2 2.0 202 10 312.6 313.3 289.9 323.7 3.47 8 650 3796 5.0 -7.9 39 12.9 -0.9 202 9 314.6 315.2 290.3 325.1 3.24 9 600 4443 0.5 -13.7 34 14.2 -5.1 201 11 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.0 2.21 10 550 5135 -4.0 -21.0 25 16.9 -9.4 198 15 319.3 319.6 289.9 323.8 1.31 11 500 5880 -8.3 -25.7 23 17.4 -13.1 193 17 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.2 0.94 12 450 6690 -13.1 -31.3 20 18.2 -17.2 192 15 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.62 13 400 7575 -20.0 -23.7 72 3.7 -21.0 189 14 329.0 329.3 292.8 334.0 1.41 14 350 8552 -26.7 -32.2 60 5.4 -27.7 188 14 332.7 332.8 293.2 335.4 0.74 15 300 9646 -35.0 -45.8 32 10.8 -36.0 169 8 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.21 16 250 10891 -44.5 -55.1 30 10.6 -45.0 184 6 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 17 200 12350 -55.0 -62.1 41 7.1 -55.2 141 6 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14156 -61.1 -74.2 16 13.1 -61.3 189 25 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16669 -62.0 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.2 187 10 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.64 m Freezing level: 594.58 mb = 4518.11 m = 14823.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.27 mb = 3604.73 m = 11826.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.94 mb = 1815.76 m = 5957.15 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 25.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.86 mb = 2004.70 m = 6577.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 25.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.90 mb = 1785.23 m = 5856.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.90 mb = 3282.10 m = 10767.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.90 mb = 11972.03 m = 39277.82 ft B at Equ Level: 973.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.90 mb = 14952.83 m = 49057.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8327.86 Bulk Shear: 0.12 m/s