MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 42.12,-83.77 Latitude: 42.12 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 46 SFC 978 242 26.4 22.1 77 4.3 23.3 228 13 301.5 304.6 297.2 352.6 17.36 2 950 496 23.9 20.3 80 3.7 21.3 224 22 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.5 15.97 3 900 967 20.0 19.0 94 1.0 19.4 211 25 302.2 305.0 296.2 348.1 15.56 4 850 1460 18.2 16.1 87 2.1 16.8 197 32 305.2 307.8 295.8 346.2 13.68 5 800 1979 16.1 12.0 77 4.1 13.4 201 35 308.3 310.4 294.8 342.0 11.10 6 750 2526 13.4 9.3 76 4.1 10.8 203 40 311.1 313.0 294.6 341.3 9.83 7 700 3105 10.7 0.4 49 10.2 5.1 200 40 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.1 5.64 8 650 3719 7.5 -5.6 39 13.1 1.1 201 41 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.0 3.87 9 600 4372 2.8 -8.3 44 11.2 -2.3 206 47 319.4 320.0 291.9 330.5 3.40 10 550 5071 -1.2 -24.7 15 23.6 -8.4 210 45 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.94 11 500 5824 -5.7 -26.9 17 21.2 -11.6 211 46 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.1 0.85 12 450 6640 -11.2 -31.4 17 20.2 -16.0 207 48 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.62 13 400 7533 -17.4 -40.1 12 22.7 -21.2 212 50 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.29 14 350 8518 -24.7 -47.1 11 22.4 -27.3 210 55 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 15 300 9623 -32.2 -39.8 47 7.6 -33.1 208 66 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.6 0.40 16 250 10883 -41.8 -47.3 55 5.5 -42.2 210 72 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.21 17 200 12358 -52.0 -63.2 25 11.3 -52.2 208 62 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14190 -58.5 -75.9 9 17.4 -58.7 227 41 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16702 -63.6 -83.1 5 19.5 -63.7 217 10 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.52 m Freezing level: 564.64 mb = 4866.13 m = 15964.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.91 mb = 3923.39 m = 12871.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.87 mb = 786.18 m = 2579.30 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1357.77 m = 4454.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 816.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.53 mb = 1029.30 m = 3376.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.53 mb = 3737.16 m = 12260.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.53 mb = 11772.29 m = 38622.55 ft B at Equ Level: 815.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.53 mb = 14682.82 m = 48171.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.8 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 235.8 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.3 neg: -9.9 tot: 87.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 14.85 Bulk Shear: 54.94 m/s