MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.39,-85.91 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -85.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 983 259 27.6 22.8 75 4.8 24.0 179 10 302.2 305.6 297.8 355.5 18.01 2 950 557 26.1 20.9 73 5.1 22.3 185 19 303.6 306.7 297.3 353.1 16.64 3 900 1032 22.4 19.1 82 3.3 20.0 190 15 304.5 307.4 296.9 351.1 15.62 4 850 1529 19.9 16.0 78 3.9 17.2 205 9 307.0 309.5 296.1 347.8 13.55 5 800 2052 18.4 11.8 65 6.6 14.0 239 14 310.7 312.8 295.3 344.2 10.93 6 750 2602 15.1 7.5 60 7.6 10.4 252 17 312.9 314.6 294.3 339.9 8.70 7 700 3183 11.3 2.6 55 8.6 6.3 262 19 315.0 316.3 293.3 335.8 6.63 8 650 3798 6.4 0.0 64 6.4 2.9 270 21 316.2 317.3 293.0 335.0 5.91 9 600 4448 1.2 -3.7 70 4.9 -1.3 277 25 317.5 318.5 292.6 333.1 4.85 10 550 5142 -3.7 -10.1 61 6.3 -6.4 285 28 319.7 320.3 291.8 330.3 3.23 11 500 5888 -8.9 -14.9 62 5.9 -11.1 288 25 322.1 322.6 291.8 330.3 2.41 12 450 6697 -13.0 -19.3 59 6.2 -15.0 296 23 326.9 327.2 292.6 333.3 1.85 13 400 7585 -18.8 -23.7 66 4.8 -20.1 299 24 330.5 330.8 293.2 335.5 1.41 14 350 8567 -25.5 -37.2 33 11.6 -27.4 295 20 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.0 0.45 15 300 9666 -33.4 -48.1 21 14.7 -34.7 254 5 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.16 16 250 10922 -42.5 -47.0 61 4.5 -42.9 142 25 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.22 17 200 12391 -54.1 -54.5 95 0.4 -54.2 127 20 347.0 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.12 18 150 14186 -62.5 -72.4 25 9.9 -62.6 231 27 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16680 -64.0 -83.2 6 19.1 -64.2 266 20 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.83 m Freezing level: 587.67 mb = 4619.62 m = 15156.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.04 mb = 4247.05 m = 13933.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.57 C = 92.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.40 mb = 873.81 m = 2866.80 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 25.24 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.65 mb = 2162.74 m = 7095.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.48 C = 97.67 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1972.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.43 mb = 1272.83 m = 4175.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.43 mb = 3178.28 m = 10427.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.43 mb = 13033.62 m = 42760.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1968.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -20.5 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 28.38 Bulk Shear: 69.51 m/s