MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 42.14,-83.77 Latitude: 42.14 Longitude: -83.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 978 245 28.8 21.9 67 6.9 23.8 198 15 303.8 307.0 297.7 354.9 17.17 2 950 503 25.3 20.6 75 4.8 21.9 199 24 302.9 305.9 296.8 351.0 16.25 3 900 976 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.0 200 27 303.1 306.1 296.8 351.0 16.13 4 850 1470 19.0 16.5 85 2.5 17.2 201 34 306.0 308.6 296.2 348.0 14.01 5 800 1992 18.0 12.7 71 5.3 14.5 200 34 310.3 312.5 295.7 345.8 11.61 6 750 2543 14.5 9.5 72 5.0 11.3 204 32 312.3 314.2 295.1 343.2 10.01 7 700 3123 10.5 5.6 72 4.9 7.5 205 32 314.1 315.6 294.2 339.6 8.17 8 650 3737 6.8 1.3 68 5.5 3.7 208 32 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.48 9 600 4389 2.2 -3.4 66 5.6 -0.7 210 33 318.6 319.6 293.0 334.6 4.95 10 550 5086 -2.7 -7.3 70 4.7 -4.8 208 34 320.9 321.7 292.8 334.1 4.01 11 500 5836 -6.6 -15.8 48 9.2 -10.0 210 35 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.23 12 450 6651 -11.6 -26.1 29 14.5 -15.5 214 35 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.3 1.01 13 400 7544 -17.5 -31.8 28 14.3 -20.6 214 39 332.2 332.4 293.0 334.7 0.67 14 350 8529 -24.4 -30.0 60 5.6 -25.6 207 49 335.9 336.0 294.1 339.2 0.90 15 300 9635 -32.0 -32.9 92 0.9 -32.1 200 55 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.3 0.80 16 250 10898 -41.3 -42.8 86 1.5 -41.5 203 55 344.6 344.7 295.7 346.0 0.35 17 200 12373 -53.1 -57.3 60 4.2 -53.2 212 52 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.1 0.08 18 150 14190 -60.6 -71.6 22 11.0 -60.8 211 45 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.02 19 100 16693 -63.7 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.8 201 5 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.23 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4702.97 m = 15429.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.78 mb = 4284.32 m = 14056.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.00 mb = 1111.54 m = 3646.74 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.60 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2038.18 m = 6686.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.41 C = 95.74 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1323.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.38 mb = 1156.77 m = 3795.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.38 mb = 2928.25 m = 9607.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.38 mb = 12818.60 m = 42055.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1306.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.38 mb = 15756.56 m = 51694.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.2 neg: -4.2 tot: 74.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 98.17 Bulk Shear: 13.48 m/s