MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-85.87 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 985 257 25.8 23.7 88 2.1 24.3 254 10 300.3 303.7 298.0 356.2 19.05 2 950 579 23.3 20.7 85 2.6 21.4 253 18 300.8 303.8 296.4 348.9 16.35 3 900 1050 20.2 18.3 88 2.0 18.9 245 19 302.3 305.1 295.8 346.2 14.83 4 850 1542 17.9 14.7 82 3.1 15.8 242 19 304.9 307.2 294.8 342.2 12.50 5 800 2060 15.1 11.7 81 3.3 12.9 246 21 307.2 309.2 294.3 340.1 10.90 6 750 2605 11.7 9.5 86 2.2 10.3 245 24 309.2 311.1 294.2 339.7 9.98 7 700 3180 8.3 6.6 89 1.7 7.3 243 25 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.8 8.79 8 650 3789 4.8 3.7 92 1.1 4.2 246 25 314.4 315.9 294.0 338.6 7.72 9 600 4439 1.0 0.4 96 0.6 0.7 252 23 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.2 6.59 10 550 5135 -2.3 -3.6 91 1.2 -3.0 248 25 321.3 322.4 294.0 338.7 5.35 11 500 5887 -6.2 -7.4 91 1.2 -6.8 245 25 325.5 326.4 294.3 340.1 4.39 12 450 6705 -11.0 -12.2 91 1.2 -11.5 246 27 329.4 330.0 294.5 340.7 3.34 13 400 7600 -16.5 -18.5 85 1.9 -17.2 243 27 333.5 333.9 294.6 341.3 2.23 14 350 8591 -23.4 -26.4 76 3.0 -24.1 241 29 337.2 337.4 294.7 341.8 1.27 15 300 9699 -31.9 -36.5 63 4.6 -32.6 238 32 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.56 16 250 10958 -42.6 -44.8 79 2.2 -42.8 249 32 342.8 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.28 17 200 12425 -54.7 -56.9 76 2.2 -54.8 276 29 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.09 18 150 14208 -65.5 -69.3 59 3.8 -65.6 222 29 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16696 -63.5 -84.0 5 20.5 -63.7 234 23 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.16 m Freezing level: 584.66 mb = 4652.62 m = 15264.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.86 mb = 4561.84 m = 14966.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.63 mb = 526.84 m = 1728.45 ft T: 23.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1261.72 m = 4139.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1076.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.40 mb = 1007.10 m = 3304.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.40 mb = 1960.34 m = 6431.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.40 mb = 13098.52 m = 42973.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1060.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.40 mb = 15608.21 m = 51207.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.7 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 276.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 148.77 Bulk Shear: 7.24 m/s