MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-85.91 Latitude: 42.34 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 139 SFC 989 236 27.9 23.4 77 4.5 24.6 203 9 302.0 305.4 298.1 357.1 18.63 2 950 595 26.1 21.2 74 4.9 22.6 208 20 303.7 306.8 297.5 354.1 16.95 3 900 1070 23.7 17.2 67 6.5 19.1 225 19 305.9 308.5 296.0 347.3 13.82 4 850 1570 22.4 13.1 56 9.3 16.2 246 14 309.6 311.8 295.3 343.9 11.24 5 800 2095 19.1 10.2 56 8.9 13.4 271 12 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.8 9.83 6 750 2646 15.4 5.4 51 10.0 9.4 293 15 313.3 314.8 293.5 336.7 7.51 7 700 3228 11.8 2.0 51 9.7 6.2 312 17 315.5 316.7 293.2 335.6 6.35 8 650 3843 7.6 -4.5 42 12.1 1.5 331 15 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.20 9 600 4496 2.2 -5.8 55 8.0 -1.7 5 9 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.0 4.12 10 550 5192 -3.1 -9.1 63 6.0 -5.8 19 7 320.4 321.0 292.2 331.8 3.48 11 500 5939 -8.4 -14.0 64 5.6 -10.5 350 6 322.8 323.3 292.1 331.5 2.59 12 450 6749 -13.1 -26.9 30 13.8 -16.6 336 8 326.8 327.0 291.7 330.1 0.94 13 400 7636 -19.1 -39.7 14 20.6 -22.4 330 12 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 14 350 8615 -26.3 -48.3 11 22.0 -28.6 307 11 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.14 15 300 9710 -34.7 -48.3 24 13.6 -35.8 272 9 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.16 16 250 10957 -44.4 -48.7 63 4.2 -44.7 244 15 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.18 17 200 12414 -55.5 -58.0 74 2.5 -55.6 240 23 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.08 18 150 14204 -62.8 -71.6 30 8.8 -62.9 251 23 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.02 19 100 16712 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 249 14 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.20 m Freezing level: 579.50 mb = 4781.74 m = 15687.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.06 mb = 4149.58 m = 13613.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.63 % Est. max temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.80 mb = 812.08 m = 2664.27 ft T: 25.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 25.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.27 mb = 2396.33 m = 7861.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.13 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2131.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.77 mb = 1388.93 m = 4556.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.77 mb = 3557.31 m = 11670.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.77 mb = 13324.56 m = 43715.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2116.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 42.81 Bulk Shear: 49.79 m/s