MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021800F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 15 AUG 25 Station: 40.74,-83.33 Latitude: 40.74 Longitude: -83.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 981 287 30.3 23.0 65 7.3 24.9 218 14 305.1 308.6 298.7 360.1 18.36 2 950 572 26.6 21.0 71 5.6 22.6 222 21 304.2 307.3 297.5 353.9 16.70 3 900 1047 22.2 20.0 87 2.3 20.6 226 23 304.4 307.5 297.4 353.8 16.54 4 850 1543 19.3 16.8 86 2.4 17.6 238 26 306.3 309.0 296.5 349.4 14.35 5 800 2065 17.6 12.9 74 4.7 14.5 249 28 309.9 312.1 295.7 345.8 11.79 6 750 2614 13.7 10.5 81 3.2 11.6 253 29 311.4 313.4 295.3 344.3 10.70 7 700 3193 9.7 7.4 86 2.2 8.3 258 31 313.2 315.0 294.8 342.0 9.30 8 650 3805 5.4 4.0 91 1.4 4.5 260 31 315.0 316.5 294.2 339.6 7.85 9 600 4455 1.1 -0.9 87 2.0 0.0 259 29 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.4 5.98 10 550 5150 -2.7 -7.8 68 5.1 -5.0 260 28 320.9 321.6 292.7 333.5 3.86 11 500 5901 -6.4 -10.2 74 3.8 -8.0 265 28 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.1 3.53 12 450 6720 -10.3 -17.2 57 6.9 -12.8 264 32 330.3 330.7 293.8 338.0 2.21 13 400 7618 -15.8 -22.2 58 6.4 -17.7 260 33 334.5 334.8 294.4 340.3 1.62 14 350 8612 -22.3 -29.1 54 6.7 -23.9 261 28 338.6 338.8 294.8 342.3 0.99 15 300 9725 -30.7 -32.8 82 2.1 -31.1 256 19 342.1 342.2 295.6 345.1 0.81 16 250 10990 -41.6 -43.2 84 1.6 -41.8 251 20 344.2 344.3 295.6 345.6 0.34 17 200 12463 -53.4 -58.6 53 5.2 -53.6 244 27 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.07 18 150 14255 -65.7 -69.3 61 3.6 -65.7 263 26 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.02 19 100 16709 -65.3 -84.2 6 18.9 -65.4 312 6 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.31 m Freezing level: 585.67 mb = 4654.31 m = 15269.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.80 mb = 4457.65 m = 14624.64 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.36 % Est. max temperature: 32.82 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.14 mb = 1211.36 m = 3974.24 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 26.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1531.01 m = 5022.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 40.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1797.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.20 mb = 1309.46 m = 4296.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.20 mb = 2410.34 m = 7907.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.20 mb = 13923.41 m = 45679.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1788.15 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.7 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 282.7 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 61.11 Bulk Shear: 29.42 m/s