MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 41.61,-85.95 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -85.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 985 258 22.5 18.6 79 3.9 19.8 232 4 296.9 299.4 293.6 336.9 13.83 2 950 574 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 262 5 296.5 298.7 292.3 332.3 12.40 3 900 1036 15.5 14.5 94 1.0 14.8 282 7 297.4 299.5 292.0 331.0 11.59 4 850 1520 13.3 11.0 86 2.3 11.9 297 7 300.1 301.9 291.3 328.8 9.76 5 800 2029 10.7 7.5 80 3.2 8.8 289 8 302.6 304.1 290.8 326.9 8.16 6 750 2565 8.3 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 271 11 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.1 7.77 7 700 3134 5.8 4.5 91 1.3 5.1 254 16 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.57 8 650 3739 3.0 -0.9 76 3.9 1.0 245 22 312.3 313.4 291.6 329.6 5.52 9 600 4383 -0.5 -7.3 60 6.7 -3.6 250 21 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.4 3.69 10 550 5074 -3.9 -21.6 24 17.8 -9.5 258 27 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.7 1.23 11 500 5821 -7.1 -43.7 4 36.6 -13.7 248 33 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.9 0.16 12 450 6634 -12.1 -44.9 5 32.8 -17.4 240 42 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.15 13 400 7524 -17.9 -38.6 14 20.8 -21.5 237 52 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.34 14 350 8507 -25.5 -34.4 43 8.9 -27.1 232 57 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.6 0.59 15 300 9606 -33.3 -42.3 40 9.0 -34.3 234 60 338.4 338.5 294.2 339.6 0.31 16 250 10862 -42.9 -52.0 36 9.1 -43.4 234 66 342.3 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.13 17 200 12324 -55.5 -60.9 51 5.4 -55.6 232 59 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14114 -61.2 -72.5 21 11.3 -61.3 227 61 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16642 -60.5 -84.4 3 23.9 -60.7 217 21 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.11 m Freezing level: 607.76 mb = 4282.83 m = 14051.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.39 mb = 3871.12 m = 12700.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.64 mb = 749.78 m = 2459.87 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.99 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.70 mb = 1076.83 m = 3532.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.26 C = 73.86 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5607.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.35 mb = 995.05 m = 3264.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 21.87 m/s