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: 42.21,-83.66 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -83.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 979 243 28.8 21.8 66 7.0 23.7 196 15 303.9 307.0 297.6 354.6 17.06 2 950 503 25.3 20.5 75 4.8 21.9 198 24 302.9 305.9 296.8 350.9 16.19 3 900 977 21.0 19.5 91 1.6 19.9 199 27 303.2 306.2 296.8 350.8 16.05 4 850 1471 19.3 16.3 83 3.0 17.2 201 34 306.3 308.9 296.2 347.9 13.85 5 800 1993 17.8 12.7 72 5.1 14.4 199 32 310.2 312.4 295.7 345.7 11.65 6 750 2544 14.4 9.9 74 4.6 11.5 203 31 312.3 314.2 295.3 343.9 10.26 7 700 3123 10.4 6.0 74 4.5 7.7 206 31 314.0 315.6 294.4 340.1 8.38 8 650 3737 6.7 1.4 69 5.3 3.7 209 31 316.5 317.8 293.6 337.2 6.52 9 600 4390 2.2 -3.8 64 6.0 -0.8 209 32 318.7 319.6 292.9 334.2 4.81 10 550 5087 -2.6 -7.6 69 5.0 -4.9 209 33 321.0 321.8 292.8 333.9 3.94 11 500 5837 -6.6 -15.3 50 8.8 -9.9 211 34 325.0 325.5 292.5 332.9 2.32 12 450 6652 -11.6 -24.8 33 13.2 -15.3 213 35 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.8 1.14 13 400 7545 -17.6 -30.0 33 12.5 -20.4 213 39 332.2 332.3 293.1 335.1 0.79 14 350 8530 -24.3 -28.4 69 4.1 -25.2 207 49 336.0 336.2 294.3 339.8 1.05 15 300 9637 -32.0 -32.5 95 0.6 -32.0 200 54 340.3 340.5 295.1 343.5 0.83 16 250 10900 -41.3 -42.7 86 1.4 -41.4 202 54 344.7 344.7 295.7 346.1 0.35 17 200 12374 -53.2 -56.9 64 3.7 -53.3 212 51 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14191 -60.7 -71.5 23 10.8 -60.9 211 44 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.02 19 100 16693 -63.6 -83.5 5 19.8 -63.8 207 4 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.51 m Freezing level: 577.06 mb = 4709.59 m = 15451.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.87 mb = 4270.16 m = 14009.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.89 mb = 1132.94 m = 3716.96 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.84 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2022.30 m = 6634.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.39 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 37.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1293.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.82 mb = 1172.87 m = 3847.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.82 mb = 2947.33 m = 9669.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.82 mb = 12872.91 m = 42233.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1271.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.82 mb = 15840.47 m = 51969.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.4 neg: -10.0 tot: 72.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 99.82 Bulk Shear: 12.96 m/s