MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 43.59,-83.16 Latitude: 43.59 Longitude: -83.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 985 219 22.0 20.0 89 2.0 20.6 248 13 296.4 299.2 294.3 340.1 15.14 2 950 529 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.3 246 21 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.2 13.75 3 900 993 16.2 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 248 24 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.2 12.74 4 850 1478 14.0 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 253 27 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.5 11.47 5 800 1989 11.6 10.8 94 0.9 11.1 252 30 303.6 305.4 292.8 333.9 10.20 6 750 2527 8.9 8.2 95 0.7 8.5 250 34 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.8 9.13 7 700 3096 5.8 5.4 97 0.4 5.5 250 34 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.5 8.05 8 650 3700 2.5 1.8 95 0.8 2.1 253 33 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.7 6.71 9 600 4343 -1.2 -2.3 92 1.1 -1.8 251 38 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.7 5.39 10 550 5033 -4.6 -7.5 80 2.9 -5.9 255 43 318.7 319.4 292.2 331.6 3.97 11 500 5778 -8.2 -13.4 66 5.2 -10.2 256 43 323.0 323.6 292.3 332.1 2.71 12 450 6588 -13.8 -18.3 69 4.4 -15.3 256 44 325.8 326.2 292.4 332.7 2.01 13 400 7471 -20.9 -22.8 85 1.9 -21.4 255 46 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.53 14 350 8444 -27.7 -28.0 98 0.3 -27.8 239 52 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.3 1.09 15 300 9534 -35.6 -35.6 100 -0.0 -35.6 225 53 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10775 -45.8 -45.8 100 -0.0 -45.7 225 60 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12220 -56.8 -57.9 87 1.1 -56.8 241 66 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 18 150 14031 -61.4 -70.6 29 9.1 -61.6 221 66 364.2 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.02 19 100 16570 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.5 244 17 417.6 417.6 307.4 417.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.37 m Freezing level: 616.32 mb = 4133.50 m = 13561.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.88 mb = 4042.60 m = 13262.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.01 mb = 465.49 m = 1527.18 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.53 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 830.41 m = 2724.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.60 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.97 mb = 785.80 m = 2578.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.97 mb = 926.44 m = 3039.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 496.97 mb = 5825.17 m = 19111.23 ft B at Equ Level: 113.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.97 mb = 11997.88 m = 39362.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 29.72 m/s