MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.16,-83.43 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -83.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 980 247 34.6 22.2 49 12.4 25.4 226 15 309.5 312.8 299.2 362.7 17.47 2 950 528 31.5 19.7 50 11.8 23.0 231 25 309.1 312.0 297.9 355.9 15.38 3 900 1011 26.9 18.3 59 8.6 20.8 237 29 309.2 312.0 297.6 354.4 14.88 4 850 1513 22.4 17.0 71 5.5 18.6 245 30 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.6 14.45 5 800 2038 18.3 14.7 79 3.6 15.8 256 34 310.7 313.2 296.8 351.1 13.23 6 750 2589 15.2 10.9 75 4.3 12.4 261 43 313.1 315.2 296.0 347.2 11.02 7 700 3174 13.3 4.6 55 8.7 8.0 271 33 317.2 318.7 294.6 341.3 7.61 8 650 3793 9.0 0.1 53 8.9 4.1 267 25 319.1 320.3 293.9 338.1 5.92 9 600 4450 3.6 -3.8 58 7.4 -0.2 266 23 320.2 321.2 293.3 335.8 4.81 10 550 5149 -2.4 -8.7 62 6.3 -5.2 273 28 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.2 3.61 11 500 5897 -8.7 -11.9 78 3.2 -10.0 284 32 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.07 12 450 6703 -14.8 -15.8 92 1.0 -15.2 283 29 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.1 2.49 13 400 7587 -19.2 -26.1 54 6.9 -20.9 266 27 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.2 1.14 14 350 8570 -24.4 -41.6 19 17.2 -26.9 226 24 335.8 335.9 293.6 336.9 0.28 15 300 9676 -32.1 -46.3 23 14.1 -33.6 218 26 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.20 16 250 10935 -42.5 -54.3 27 11.8 -43.2 235 35 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.10 17 200 12403 -54.0 -62.3 35 8.4 -54.2 231 38 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14200 -63.7 -73.7 25 9.9 -63.8 249 32 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -63.4 -83.2 5 19.9 -63.6 226 23 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.54 m Freezing level: 569.96 mb = 4869.82 m = 15976.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.51 mb = 4415.69 m = 14486.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.40 % Est. max temperature: 35.13 C = 95.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.78 mb = 1816.36 m = 5959.13 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 30.08 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2380.83 m = 7811.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.28 C = 99.10 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -7.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -6.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.82 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 39.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 555.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2420.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.91 mb = 2028.58 m = 6655.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.91 mb = 3717.42 m = 12196.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.91 mb = 13958.78 m = 45795.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2393.13 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 203.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 72.91 Bulk Shear: 33.21 m/s