MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-83.77 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 252 19.1 18.5 96 0.6 18.7 253 5 293.7 296.2 292.5 332.8 13.73 2 950 541 18.7 16.3 86 2.3 17.1 262 14 296.1 298.4 292.2 331.8 12.38 3 900 1004 16.0 14.2 89 1.7 14.8 256 17 298.0 300.1 292.0 331.2 11.42 4 850 1489 13.3 12.9 97 0.4 13.1 246 23 300.1 302.1 292.4 332.6 11.07 5 800 1999 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.4 243 32 303.4 305.1 292.2 331.6 9.48 6 750 2537 8.7 5.2 78 3.5 6.7 234 41 306.1 307.4 291.3 328.5 7.42 7 700 3105 6.6 -4.8 44 11.4 1.2 230 46 309.8 310.5 289.3 321.8 3.81 8 650 3710 3.2 -14.0 27 17.3 -3.4 228 51 312.6 313.0 288.5 319.1 1.99 9 600 4354 -0.2 -27.7 11 27.5 -7.8 229 55 315.9 316.0 288.2 318.2 0.66 10 550 5044 -3.6 -34.3 7 30.7 -10.7 230 56 319.8 319.8 289.1 321.2 0.38 11 500 5791 -7.6 -32.1 12 24.5 -13.4 233 56 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.52 12 450 6602 -13.1 -33.8 16 20.6 -17.4 226 62 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.49 13 400 7488 -19.6 -40.6 14 21.1 -22.8 231 60 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.28 14 350 8466 -25.8 -44.6 15 18.8 -28.1 235 70 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.21 15 300 9567 -32.8 -48.2 20 15.5 -34.2 229 78 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.16 16 250 10822 -43.2 -55.0 26 11.9 -43.7 221 81 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.09 17 200 12286 -53.6 -60.7 41 7.1 -53.8 231 90 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 18 150 14109 -56.6 -78.5 5 21.9 -56.9 245 51 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.01 19 100 16649 -60.3 -84.0 3 23.7 -60.6 226 21 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.84 m Freezing level: 602.90 mb = 4316.30 m = 14160.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.13 mb = 3256.73 m = 10684.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.82 mb = 328.10 m = 1076.44 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1214.87 m = 3985.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 22.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6046.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.67 mb = 931.66 m = 3056.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 6.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 83.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 134.76 m/s