MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.14,-84.65 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -84.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 985 237 26.8 23.5 82 3.4 24.4 242 10 301.2 304.7 298.0 356.6 18.79 2 950 559 23.7 20.8 84 2.9 21.6 242 17 301.3 304.3 296.6 349.9 16.51 3 900 1030 20.2 19.0 93 1.2 19.4 240 20 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.2 15.52 4 850 1523 18.0 15.7 86 2.3 16.4 236 24 305.0 307.5 295.4 344.7 13.29 5 800 2041 15.4 12.0 80 3.4 13.2 237 28 307.5 309.6 294.6 341.0 11.08 6 750 2586 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.0 239 31 309.9 311.7 294.0 338.9 9.46 7 700 3162 8.8 5.8 81 3.0 7.1 242 33 312.3 313.8 293.8 338.0 8.31 8 650 3773 4.8 3.2 89 1.6 3.9 241 34 314.4 315.9 293.7 337.7 7.44 9 600 4422 0.9 -1.2 86 2.1 -0.2 234 34 317.1 318.3 293.3 335.8 5.85 10 550 5117 -3.1 -5.7 82 2.6 -4.3 230 36 320.5 321.3 293.2 335.3 4.56 11 500 5867 -6.8 -10.3 76 3.5 -8.3 229 38 324.7 325.4 293.4 336.4 3.49 12 450 6682 -11.4 -16.0 69 4.6 -13.1 223 37 328.9 329.4 293.6 337.3 2.44 13 400 7576 -17.2 -21.5 69 4.3 -18.4 220 39 332.7 333.0 294.0 338.8 1.72 14 350 8564 -24.0 -25.8 84 1.9 -24.4 215 45 336.4 336.7 294.6 341.3 1.33 15 300 9670 -32.3 -33.0 94 0.6 -32.4 211 42 339.8 340.0 295.0 342.8 0.79 16 250 10928 -42.5 -42.6 99 0.1 -42.5 209 42 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.36 17 200 12396 -53.5 -54.3 92 0.7 -53.5 206 45 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.5 0.12 18 150 14198 -64.0 -70.5 40 6.5 -64.1 230 36 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16691 -63.3 -83.8 5 20.5 -63.4 242 24 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.54 m Freezing level: 588.81 mb = 4577.17 m = 15016.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.62 mb = 4386.38 m = 14390.82 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.99 mb = 660.10 m = 2165.67 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 21.35 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1150.43 m = 3774.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1357.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.70 mb = 993.99 m = 3261.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.70 mb = 1843.55 m = 6048.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.70 mb = 12760.11 m = 41863.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1353.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.70 mb = 16177.56 m = 53075.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 42.42 Bulk Shear: 32.01 m/s