MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 42.59,-85.67 Latitude: 42.59 Longitude: -85.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 985 245 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 238 7 295.5 298.3 294.6 341.0 15.84 2 950 562 20.0 19.6 97 0.5 19.7 262 19 297.5 300.3 294.7 341.7 15.27 3 900 1030 20.3 16.5 79 3.8 17.7 263 26 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.7 13.27 4 850 1523 17.7 14.1 79 3.6 15.3 258 27 304.7 307.0 294.4 340.6 12.00 5 800 2039 14.2 11.9 86 2.2 12.7 253 27 306.2 308.3 294.2 339.4 11.04 6 750 2582 10.9 9.4 91 1.4 10.0 253 27 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.6 9.95 7 700 3156 7.8 5.8 88 1.9 6.6 253 25 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.7 8.31 8 650 3764 4.4 1.2 80 3.2 2.7 250 25 313.9 315.2 292.8 334.1 6.43 9 600 4412 0.6 -2.5 80 3.1 -1.0 244 27 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.7 5.30 10 550 5107 -2.8 -6.8 74 4.0 -4.7 246 30 320.8 321.6 292.9 334.4 4.19 11 500 5857 -6.8 -9.7 80 2.8 -8.1 247 32 324.7 325.4 293.6 336.9 3.67 12 450 6673 -11.5 -13.5 85 2.0 -12.3 247 30 328.8 329.4 294.1 339.0 2.99 13 400 7567 -16.9 -17.2 97 0.3 -17.0 246 26 333.1 333.6 294.7 341.8 2.49 14 350 8556 -23.9 -23.9 100 0.0 -23.9 254 23 336.6 336.9 294.8 342.3 1.58 15 300 9665 -31.5 -34.8 72 3.4 -32.0 251 28 341.0 341.2 295.2 343.6 0.66 16 250 10926 -42.1 -49.6 44 7.5 -42.5 253 33 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.2 0.17 17 200 12394 -54.6 -61.0 45 6.4 -54.8 266 41 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14186 -64.9 -69.6 52 4.7 -64.9 261 27 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.02 19 100 16657 -61.6 -84.6 3 22.9 -61.9 238 14 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.75 m Freezing level: 591.32 mb = 4532.78 m = 14871.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.44 mb = 4232.92 m = 13887.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.78 mb = 285.91 m = 938.02 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 8.01 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.62 mb = 1658.10 m = 5439.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.71 mb = 927.60 m = 3043.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.71 mb = 2630.05 m = 8628.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 405.71 mb = 7459.38 m = 24472.73 ft B at Equ Level: 144.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.71 mb = 10770.04 m = 35334.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.9 neg: -12.7 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.55 Bulk Shear: 17.02 m/s