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: 42.19,-83.56 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -83.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 980 231 28.9 21.8 66 7.1 23.8 195 14 303.8 307.0 297.6 354.5 17.03 2 950 505 25.4 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 197 24 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.7 16.12 3 900 978 21.1 19.4 90 1.7 19.9 199 26 303.3 306.2 296.8 350.6 15.97 4 850 1473 19.6 16.1 81 3.4 17.2 202 34 306.6 309.2 296.1 347.8 13.69 5 800 1995 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.4 199 31 310.0 312.3 295.7 345.7 11.69 6 750 2545 14.4 10.2 76 4.2 11.7 204 29 312.2 314.2 295.4 344.5 10.46 7 700 3125 10.4 6.2 75 4.2 7.9 207 29 314.0 315.6 294.4 340.6 8.54 8 650 3739 6.7 1.4 69 5.2 3.7 210 30 316.5 317.8 293.6 337.2 6.53 9 600 4391 2.2 -4.2 63 6.4 -1.0 210 31 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.8 4.69 10 550 5088 -2.5 -7.8 67 5.3 -4.9 210 33 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.8 3.87 11 500 5839 -6.5 -15.0 51 8.5 -9.8 211 33 325.1 325.6 292.6 333.2 2.39 12 450 6654 -11.5 -23.8 35 12.3 -15.1 213 34 328.8 329.0 292.6 333.2 1.25 13 400 7547 -17.6 -28.5 38 10.9 -20.2 213 38 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.5 0.91 14 350 8533 -24.2 -26.6 80 2.5 -24.8 207 49 336.2 336.4 294.5 340.7 1.24 15 300 9640 -31.9 -32.1 98 0.2 -31.9 201 53 340.4 340.6 295.2 343.7 0.86 16 250 10903 -41.3 -42.4 89 1.1 -41.4 202 52 344.6 344.7 295.7 346.1 0.36 17 200 12377 -53.2 -56.7 65 3.5 -53.3 213 51 348.5 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.09 18 150 14193 -60.8 -71.4 24 10.5 -61.0 211 44 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.02 19 100 16694 -63.7 -83.4 5 19.8 -63.8 216 4 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.32 m Freezing level: 576.54 mb = 4718.37 m = 15480.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.41 mb = 4251.06 m = 13946.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.38 % Est. max temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.20 mb = 1131.39 m = 3711.87 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 21.30 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.63 mb = 2009.38 m = 6592.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.87 mb = 1183.75 m = 3883.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.87 mb = 2960.11 m = 9711.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.87 mb = 12907.54 m = 42347.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1236.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.87 mb = 15892.63 m = 52140.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.1 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 236.1 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: -16.2 tot: 69.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 102.14 Bulk Shear: 12.35 m/s