MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.34,-81.69 Latitude: 41.34 Longitude: -81.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 204 SFC 992 271 27.3 19.1 61 8.2 21.5 215 3 301.1 303.7 295.0 342.7 14.15 2 950 656 23.8 15.6 60 8.2 18.4 198 7 301.4 303.5 293.4 336.3 11.85 3 900 1126 19.9 14.2 70 5.7 16.1 178 7 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.6 11.38 4 850 1616 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.7 159 6 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.8 10.85 5 800 2128 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 11.0 141 6 303.8 305.6 292.7 333.5 9.98 6 750 2666 8.9 7.1 88 1.8 7.8 124 5 306.2 307.8 292.2 331.7 8.45 7 700 3236 6.2 2.8 79 3.4 4.4 98 2 309.4 310.7 291.7 330.1 6.72 8 650 3840 2.8 -1.6 73 4.4 0.5 37 0 312.1 313.1 291.3 328.5 5.23 9 600 4484 -1.0 -5.0 74 4.0 -2.9 300 0 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.0 4.39 10 550 5174 -4.6 -7.9 78 3.2 -6.1 248 2 318.6 319.3 292.0 331.1 3.85 11 500 5919 -8.7 -11.6 80 2.9 -9.9 274 6 322.4 323.0 292.5 332.8 3.14 12 450 6728 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.6 -14.1 282 9 326.2 326.8 293.1 335.2 2.62 13 400 7615 -19.2 -19.9 94 0.7 -19.4 266 13 330.0 330.4 293.6 336.9 1.97 14 350 8595 -26.0 -26.2 98 0.2 -26.1 251 19 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.28 15 300 9691 -34.9 -35.0 99 0.1 -34.9 240 21 336.2 336.3 294.0 338.6 0.65 16 250 10935 -45.4 -45.4 100 -0.0 -45.4 230 23 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12390 -52.5 -65.7 19 13.2 -52.8 246 34 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.03 18 150 14229 -58.5 -76.5 8 18.1 -58.7 250 30 369.3 369.3 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16737 -64.4 -83.5 6 19.2 -64.6 264 8 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.78 m Freezing level: 612.80 mb = 4319.05 m = 14169.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.09 mb = 3938.60 m = 12921.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.70 mb = 1311.44 m = 4302.57 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1857.84 m = 6095.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 33.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.85 mb = 1656.98 m = 5436.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.85 mb = 2118.91 m = 6951.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 390.85 mb = 7784.83 m = 25540.48 ft B at Equ Level: 160.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.85 mb = 11454.61 m = 37580.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.2 at 3.8 knts Storm direction: 209.2 at 2.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -15.3 tot: -15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 222.00 Bulk Shear: 0.72 m/s