MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.29,-81.36 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -81.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 217 SFC 989 316 28.2 17.3 52 10.9 20.7 200 4 302.4 304.7 294.3 339.9 12.70 2 950 668 23.3 15.6 62 7.7 18.1 204 6 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.79 3 900 1137 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 16.0 206 6 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.1 11.63 4 850 1625 14.8 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 208 7 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.3 10.69 5 800 2136 12.1 6.4 68 5.7 8.8 178 8 304.0 305.4 290.8 326.8 7.57 6 750 2674 8.0 5.7 85 2.3 6.6 166 7 305.2 306.7 291.2 328.3 7.65 7 700 3240 4.7 2.6 86 2.1 3.5 164 5 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.61 8 650 3842 1.4 -2.2 77 3.6 -0.4 147 6 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.1 5.01 9 600 4482 -2.3 -6.4 74 4.1 -4.1 104 10 313.5 314.2 290.6 326.1 3.96 10 550 5169 -5.7 -9.0 77 3.3 -7.1 93 6 317.4 318.0 291.4 328.8 3.53 11 500 5912 -9.1 -11.8 80 2.7 -10.2 296 5 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.3 3.09 12 450 6721 -13.8 -17.2 76 3.4 -14.9 286 7 325.9 326.3 292.7 333.5 2.22 13 400 7606 -19.4 -21.4 84 1.9 -20.0 268 14 329.7 330.1 293.3 335.8 1.73 14 350 8585 -26.5 -26.7 98 0.2 -26.5 230 24 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.5 1.23 15 300 9678 -35.3 -35.4 99 0.1 -35.3 231 30 335.7 335.8 293.8 338.0 0.62 16 250 10923 -44.1 -44.3 97 0.3 -44.1 230 57 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.7 0.30 17 200 12392 -52.8 -61.4 35 8.6 -53.0 231 51 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14218 -58.5 -76.7 8 18.2 -58.7 243 26 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16730 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.9 -64.7 300 9 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.09 m Freezing level: 631.27 mb = 4081.51 m = 13390.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3779.69 m = 12400.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.89 mb = 1685.66 m = 5530.32 ft T: 14.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.11 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1864.70 m = 6117.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.86 mb = 1665.95 m = 5465.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.86 mb = 2337.83 m = 7669.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.86 mb = 7223.73 m = 23699.60 ft B at Equ Level: 229.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.86 mb = 11168.13 m = 36640.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.5 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 192.5 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -5.5 tot: -5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 93.11 Bulk Shear: 2.47 m/s