MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-83.75 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -83.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 990 252 12.0 9.6 85 2.4 10.6 62 4 286.0 287.3 284.2 307.0 7.57 2 950 604 13.8 7.6 66 6.2 10.3 61 11 291.2 292.4 285.7 310.9 6.91 3 900 1059 12.1 4.8 61 7.3 8.1 31 9 293.9 295.0 285.8 311.3 5.98 4 850 1535 9.1 3.1 66 6.0 5.9 9 11 295.7 296.7 286.1 312.1 5.61 5 800 2036 9.0 -5.5 36 14.4 2.5 7 10 300.7 301.3 285.5 310.4 3.17 6 750 2571 9.3 -25.9 6 35.2 -1.3 351 9 306.7 306.8 284.8 308.8 0.62 7 700 3140 7.6 -38.1 2 45.7 -3.3 332 10 310.9 311.0 285.9 311.7 0.20 8 650 3747 5.3 -29.0 6 34.4 -4.4 312 12 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.9 0.53 9 600 4395 2.0 -23.5 13 25.5 -6.1 308 14 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.7 0.96 10 550 5091 -2.3 -21.9 21 19.6 -8.7 313 14 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.5 1.20 11 500 5842 -5.9 -31.7 11 25.8 -12.3 308 19 325.8 325.9 291.1 327.7 0.54 12 450 6657 -11.9 -35.8 12 23.9 -16.8 301 22 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.40 13 400 7546 -18.9 -41.2 12 22.4 -22.4 297 25 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 14 350 8524 -26.7 -48.2 11 21.5 -28.9 292 29 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 15 300 9617 -35.0 -54.3 12 19.3 -36.3 289 30 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 16 250 10863 -44.6 -53.2 38 8.6 -45.0 286 28 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12316 -56.5 -60.0 64 3.5 -56.6 296 28 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.06 18 150 14115 -59.6 -75.1 12 15.5 -59.7 294 29 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16639 -60.8 -84.8 3 23.9 -61.1 305 14 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.55 m Freezing level: 577.11 mb = 4714.05 m = 15465.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.43 mb = 2380.54 m = 7810.07 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.65 C = 72.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.58 mb = 563.42 m = 1848.46 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 3.37 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.03 mb = 4693.81 m = 15399.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.63 C = 114.13 F Cap Strength: 14.34 C Lifted Index: 16.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.59 C Showalter Index: 15.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.05 C Cross Totals Index: 9.01 C K Index: -27.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13789.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.49 mb = 1432.76 m = 4700.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 1.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -19.8 tot: -19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 28.04 m/s