MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 41.80,-85.72 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 986 264 18.9 18.6 98 0.3 18.7 182 8 293.2 295.7 292.4 332.5 13.82 2 950 586 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 198 23 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.5 13.93 3 900 1051 17.9 16.5 91 1.5 17.0 228 19 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.7 13.21 4 850 1540 15.8 14.1 90 1.6 14.7 260 20 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.3 12.02 5 800 2054 13.0 11.7 92 1.2 12.2 266 24 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.6 10.90 6 750 2594 10.0 9.2 95 0.8 9.5 265 26 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.1 9.79 7 700 3166 6.9 6.2 95 0.7 6.5 265 28 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.3 8.52 8 650 3772 3.3 2.8 97 0.5 3.0 265 29 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.2 7.24 9 600 4417 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 267 29 315.5 316.7 292.9 334.4 5.98 10 550 5107 -4.6 -5.0 96 0.5 -4.8 270 29 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.1 4.78 11 500 5851 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.6 -9.3 276 28 322.0 322.7 292.8 334.1 3.68 12 450 6658 -14.2 -14.6 97 0.4 -14.3 282 26 325.4 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.75 13 400 7541 -20.0 -20.0 100 0.0 -20.0 286 23 329.0 329.4 293.3 335.8 1.95 14 350 8518 -26.6 -26.6 100 -0.0 -26.6 282 19 332.9 333.2 293.7 337.4 1.24 15 300 9611 -35.2 -35.2 100 -0.0 -35.3 274 18 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.64 16 250 10853 -45.6 -45.7 98 0.1 -45.6 255 14 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.26 17 200 12296 -58.5 -58.6 98 0.2 -58.5 265 22 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.5 0.07 18 150 14087 -59.4 -75.9 10 16.6 -59.6 294 23 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16607 -60.4 -85.0 3 24.6 -60.7 298 15 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.38 m Freezing level: 606.72 mb = 4329.92 m = 14205.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.82 mb = 4285.86 m = 14061.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.43 mb = 296.93 m = 974.16 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 4.58 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1446.13 m = 4744.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.29 mb = 840.54 m = 2757.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.29 mb = 3557.04 m = 11669.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.29 mb = 8164.93 m = 26787.52 ft B at Equ Level: 136.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.29 mb = 11468.89 m = 37627.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 174.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 76.05 m/s