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: 42.10,-83.98 Latitude: 42.10 Longitude: -83.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 982 262 26.3 23.4 84 2.9 24.2 249 10 301.0 304.4 298.0 356.2 18.76 2 950 550 23.6 20.3 82 3.3 21.2 250 17 301.1 304.0 296.2 348.0 15.94 3 900 1021 20.6 18.0 85 2.6 18.8 234 22 302.8 305.5 295.7 346.0 14.59 4 850 1515 17.9 15.2 84 2.8 16.1 228 25 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.3 12.85 5 800 2032 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 232 29 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.3 11.30 6 750 2577 11.9 9.1 83 2.7 10.2 234 33 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.2 9.75 7 700 3152 8.7 5.9 83 2.8 7.0 235 35 312.1 313.7 293.8 337.8 8.33 8 650 3762 5.0 1.7 80 3.2 3.2 238 35 314.6 315.9 293.2 335.6 6.69 9 600 4411 0.9 -0.7 89 1.6 0.0 233 34 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.4 6.05 10 550 5107 -2.7 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.1 226 37 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.8 4.58 11 500 5857 -6.6 -10.2 76 3.6 -8.1 224 38 325.0 325.7 293.5 336.8 3.52 12 450 6674 -11.0 -15.9 67 4.9 -12.8 222 39 329.4 329.9 293.8 337.8 2.46 13 400 7569 -16.7 -23.2 57 6.5 -18.6 221 42 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.6 1.48 14 350 8558 -23.8 -28.9 63 5.1 -24.9 224 47 336.7 336.9 294.4 340.4 1.00 15 300 9665 -32.1 -33.6 86 1.5 -32.4 220 46 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.9 0.74 16 250 10925 -42.2 -42.3 99 0.1 -42.2 210 46 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.8 0.37 17 200 12393 -54.0 -54.0 99 0.1 -53.9 211 48 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14192 -63.1 -72.1 28 9.0 -63.2 231 38 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.02 19 100 16685 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.4 -63.3 245 22 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.85 m Freezing level: 587.52 mb = 4585.06 m = 15042.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.76 mb = 4414.66 m = 14483.63 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.14 mb = 622.51 m = 2042.34 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.98 mb = 1423.88 m = 4671.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 941.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.21 mb = 1096.39 m = 3597.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.21 mb = 2061.89 m = 6764.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.21 mb = 12481.36 m = 40948.85 ft B at Equ Level: 938.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.21 mb = 15205.30 m = 49885.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 24.17 Bulk Shear: 38.95 m/s