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: 42.14,-83.91 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -83.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 982 258 26.4 23.4 84 3.0 24.2 248 10 301.1 304.5 298.0 356.3 18.75 2 950 550 23.7 20.2 81 3.5 21.2 248 18 301.3 304.2 296.2 348.1 15.91 3 900 1021 20.7 18.0 85 2.7 18.9 234 22 302.9 305.6 295.8 346.2 14.62 4 850 1515 18.0 15.2 84 2.8 16.1 226 25 305.0 307.4 295.2 343.6 12.92 5 800 2033 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 230 29 307.2 309.3 294.6 341.3 11.31 6 750 2577 11.8 9.2 84 2.7 10.2 234 32 309.4 311.3 294.1 339.2 9.76 7 700 3152 8.6 5.9 83 2.6 7.0 235 35 312.0 313.6 293.8 337.9 8.38 8 650 3762 4.9 1.9 81 3.0 3.2 237 35 314.6 315.8 293.3 335.8 6.77 9 600 4411 0.9 -0.7 89 1.6 0.0 234 35 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.5 6.08 10 550 5107 -2.7 -5.3 82 2.6 -4.0 227 37 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.2 4.69 11 500 5858 -6.6 -10.0 76 3.4 -8.1 225 38 325.0 325.7 293.6 337.0 3.58 12 450 6675 -11.0 -15.9 67 4.9 -12.8 222 39 329.4 329.9 293.8 337.9 2.46 13 400 7569 -16.7 -22.6 61 5.8 -18.4 221 42 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.8 1.56 14 350 8559 -23.8 -28.3 66 4.6 -24.8 224 47 336.7 336.9 294.4 340.6 1.06 15 300 9665 -32.1 -33.7 86 1.6 -32.3 220 46 340.2 340.3 295.0 343.0 0.74 16 250 10925 -42.2 -42.3 98 0.1 -42.2 211 46 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.8 0.37 17 200 12394 -54.0 -54.1 99 0.1 -54.0 212 47 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.8 0.12 18 150 14192 -63.0 -72.1 28 9.1 -63.1 230 36 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16685 -63.1 -83.5 5 20.5 -63.3 245 22 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.56 m Freezing level: 587.48 mb = 4585.56 m = 15044.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.75 mb = 4414.73 m = 14483.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.96 mb = 633.14 m = 2077.21 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.49 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1441.63 m = 4729.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 974.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.17 mb = 1106.33 m = 3629.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.17 mb = 1966.86 m = 6452.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.17 mb = 12514.55 m = 41057.72 ft B at Equ Level: 971.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.17 mb = 15255.34 m = 50049.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 36.10 m/s