MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 47.45,-84.17 Latitude: 47.45 Longitude: -84.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 962 441 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 161 4 296.7 299.5 294.8 342.0 15.67 2 950 552 20.6 20.3 98 0.4 20.4 177 9 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.4 15.94 3 900 1023 23.1 17.3 70 5.9 19.1 259 21 305.4 307.9 296.0 347.0 13.93 4 850 1520 20.3 14.9 71 5.5 16.6 272 26 307.5 309.8 295.6 345.5 12.60 5 800 2041 16.5 12.6 78 3.9 13.9 274 27 308.7 310.9 295.2 343.7 11.54 6 750 2589 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 10.9 267 30 311.0 312.9 294.7 341.7 9.99 7 700 3167 9.9 6.2 78 3.7 7.6 259 36 313.4 315.0 294.3 339.8 8.50 8 650 3780 5.9 3.1 82 2.9 4.3 259 38 315.7 317.1 294.0 338.9 7.38 9 600 4431 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 266 39 318.0 319.2 293.8 338.0 6.26 10 550 5127 -3.4 -4.5 92 1.1 -4.0 264 41 320.1 321.0 293.4 336.2 4.99 11 500 5874 -8.3 -9.3 92 1.0 -8.8 257 42 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.4 3.77 12 450 6684 -13.6 -15.5 85 2.0 -14.3 257 36 326.2 326.7 293.0 334.8 2.54 13 400 7571 -18.5 -21.2 79 2.7 -19.3 252 33 331.0 331.3 293.6 337.2 1.76 14 350 8555 -24.9 -27.9 76 3.0 -25.6 254 33 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.2 1.10 15 300 9657 -33.0 -34.9 83 1.9 -33.3 253 32 338.9 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.66 16 250 10913 -43.2 -43.6 95 0.5 -43.2 232 25 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.2 0.32 17 200 12372 -55.9 -57.3 84 1.4 -56.0 205 22 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 18 150 14151 -65.6 -69.1 62 3.5 -65.6 244 34 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.02 19 100 16672 -60.6 -84.2 3 23.6 -60.9 250 20 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.34 m Freezing level: 583.76 mb = 4657.17 m = 15279.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.37 mb = 4520.03 m = 14829.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.00 mb = 452.15 m = 1483.42 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2153.94 m = 7066.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 39.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.14 mb = 1396.76 m = 4582.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.14 mb = 3564.43 m = 11694.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.14 mb = 12783.10 m = 41938.81 ft B at Equ Level: 872.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.14 mb = 15178.74 m = 49798.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.2 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 292.2 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 175.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 10.04 Bulk Shear: 88.51 m/s