MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 43.23,-84.53 Latitude: 43.23 Longitude: -84.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 998 225 26.1 9.6 35 16.5 16.0 181 2 299.5 300.8 289.3 321.7 7.53 2 950 652 21.2 7.0 40 14.2 12.9 236 0 298.7 299.9 288.2 318.2 6.61 3 900 1116 16.8 6.1 49 10.7 10.7 349 2 298.8 300.0 288.1 318.1 6.55 4 850 1599 12.4 5.0 61 7.4 8.3 360 7 299.1 300.3 288.1 318.2 6.43 5 800 2104 8.6 3.0 68 5.6 5.6 11 12 300.3 301.4 288.1 318.0 5.93 6 750 2634 4.5 0.7 76 3.8 2.6 11 13 301.5 302.5 287.9 317.6 5.37 7 700 3194 2.5 -5.9 54 8.3 -1.2 7 13 305.2 305.9 287.5 316.2 3.53 8 650 3791 0.3 -10.1 45 10.4 -3.9 6 9 309.3 309.8 288.1 318.0 2.72 9 600 4428 -3.4 -14.7 41 11.3 -7.5 344 9 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.8 2.04 10 550 5111 -7.5 -22.0 30 14.5 -11.7 321 13 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.2 1.19 11 500 5845 -12.5 -25.6 33 13.1 -15.8 319 14 317.8 318.0 289.1 321.1 0.96 12 450 6641 -18.2 -33.1 26 14.9 -21.0 324 16 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.52 13 400 7508 -25.0 -40.6 22 15.7 -27.0 326 17 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.28 14 350 8463 -32.8 -50.9 15 18.1 -34.1 341 22 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.10 15 300 9529 -40.8 -56.6 17 15.8 -41.5 321 22 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.06 16 250 10745 -48.9 -60.1 26 11.2 -49.3 296 31 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.05 17 200 12197 -52.3 -67.9 14 15.6 -52.6 291 43 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14043 -55.6 -79.3 4 23.8 -55.9 298 44 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16585 -59.2 -85.2 2 26.0 -59.6 289 27 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5640.81 m Freezing level: 645.71 mb = 3845.71 m = 12616.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.89 mb = 3011.70 m = 9880.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.59 mb = 2284.89 m = 7496.27 ft T: 7.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 3.55 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2922.30 m = 9587.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 17.48 C K Index: 21.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9208.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.67 mb = 2400.26 m = 7874.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 18.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -1.5 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 14.59 m/s