MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.48,-82.89 Latitude: 47.48 Longitude: -82.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 452 19.3 18.2 94 1.0 18.6 210 8 295.8 298.2 293.2 335.5 13.83 2 950 551 18.8 17.7 94 1.1 18.1 215 15 296.2 298.7 293.1 335.2 13.54 3 900 1014 17.2 17.2 100 0.0 17.2 234 26 299.2 301.8 294.2 339.6 13.83 4 850 1503 16.0 12.1 78 3.9 13.5 249 31 302.9 304.9 292.8 334.1 10.51 5 800 2016 12.7 9.9 83 2.8 11.0 246 34 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.6 9.63 6 750 2556 10.2 3.6 64 6.6 6.5 245 36 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.8 6.61 7 700 3128 7.9 -12.2 23 20.1 -0.3 245 37 311.3 311.7 288.2 318.2 2.14 8 650 3734 4.2 -19.5 16 23.7 -4.0 248 36 313.7 313.9 288.1 317.9 1.25 9 600 4379 0.0 -23.0 16 23.0 -7.1 252 32 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.6 1.00 10 550 5070 -3.9 -33.0 8 29.1 -10.8 255 31 319.5 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.43 11 500 5815 -8.4 -29.0 17 20.5 -13.6 262 34 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.3 0.70 12 450 6624 -13.9 -30.0 24 16.1 -17.6 267 39 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.70 13 400 7507 -20.2 -36.1 23 15.9 -22.9 271 40 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.44 14 350 8482 -27.4 -47.0 14 19.5 -29.5 264 37 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.16 15 300 9571 -36.0 -53.3 15 17.2 -37.2 251 39 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10814 -44.4 -54.6 31 10.2 -44.9 250 53 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.09 17 200 12275 -54.1 -59.3 53 5.2 -54.3 248 52 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14084 -59.7 -75.0 12 15.3 -59.9 256 33 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16640 -58.8 -84.2 2 25.4 -59.2 264 11 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.49 m Freezing level: 599.48 mb = 4386.38 m = 14390.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.44 mb = 3098.73 m = 10166.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.76 mb = 579.80 m = 1902.21 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 21.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1598.57 m = 5244.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 16.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.16 mb = 1041.10 m = 3415.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.16 mb = 4217.39 m = 13836.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.16 mb = 9751.44 m = 31992.53 ft B at Equ Level: 152.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.16 mb = 11586.90 m = 38014.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 42.27 m/s