MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 43.43,-82.57 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -82.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 990 193 20.0 18.2 90 1.8 18.8 211 8 294.0 296.4 292.3 332.3 13.42 2 950 554 22.1 15.3 65 6.8 17.6 218 17 299.7 301.8 292.7 333.5 11.58 3 900 1024 20.6 14.0 66 6.6 16.3 216 21 302.7 304.8 293.3 336.0 11.21 4 850 1516 18.1 11.9 67 6.2 14.1 224 26 305.1 307.1 293.3 336.1 10.35 5 800 2034 14.9 10.8 76 4.1 12.3 238 28 307.0 308.9 293.8 337.8 10.19 6 750 2577 11.2 7.8 80 3.3 9.2 259 24 308.7 310.4 293.3 335.9 8.91 7 700 3151 7.8 6.0 88 1.8 6.8 267 25 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.1 8.43 8 650 3759 3.9 3.2 95 0.7 3.5 267 29 313.4 314.8 293.5 336.7 7.46 9 600 4407 0.2 -2.7 81 2.9 -1.3 271 29 316.3 317.3 292.5 333.0 5.23 10 550 5100 -3.6 -5.7 85 2.1 -4.7 295 27 319.8 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.53 11 500 5848 -7.5 -9.1 88 1.7 -8.2 288 25 323.9 324.7 293.5 336.6 3.83 12 450 6663 -11.4 -15.3 73 3.9 -12.9 279 28 328.9 329.4 293.8 337.8 2.58 13 400 7557 -17.0 -20.6 73 3.6 -18.1 269 33 332.9 333.3 294.2 339.5 1.86 14 350 8550 -21.7 -32.5 37 10.8 -23.9 259 35 339.5 339.7 294.8 342.2 0.71 15 300 9665 -30.8 -36.2 59 5.4 -31.7 249 30 341.9 342.0 295.3 344.2 0.58 16 250 10929 -41.9 -42.2 97 0.3 -41.9 261 34 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.37 17 200 12396 -54.8 -55.0 97 0.2 -54.8 256 43 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.5 0.11 18 150 14178 -65.0 -66.6 81 1.5 -65.0 305 33 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.2 0.03 19 100 16663 -63.4 -83.1 5 19.7 -63.6 254 13 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.20 m Freezing level: 597.98 mb = 4434.61 m = 14549.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.21 mb = 4230.48 m = 13879.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.14 mb = 417.12 m = 1368.50 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 1.90 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2420.95 m = 7942.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.23 C = 93.62 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: 0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5486.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.87 mb = 1386.92 m = 4550.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.1 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 291.1 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 166.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 43.10 m/s