MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 41.03,-82.64 Latitude: 41.03 Longitude: -82.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 305 26.9 24.3 86 2.6 25.0 225 13 302.5 306.2 299.1 361.9 20.03 2 950 503 26.1 21.6 76 4.5 22.8 222 23 303.7 306.8 297.7 355.1 17.30 3 900 978 22.2 19.7 85 2.6 20.4 213 26 304.4 307.4 297.3 352.8 16.24 4 850 1475 19.4 18.0 92 1.3 18.4 202 28 306.4 309.3 297.3 353.0 15.50 5 800 1996 16.3 15.6 96 0.7 15.8 202 29 308.6 311.2 296.9 351.3 14.09 6 750 2544 13.4 11.8 90 1.7 12.4 210 31 311.2 313.4 296.0 346.9 11.67 7 700 3123 10.3 7.2 81 3.1 8.4 213 31 313.9 315.7 294.9 342.4 9.15 8 650 3737 6.8 0.9 66 5.9 3.5 217 33 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.7 6.31 9 600 4391 3.0 -6.7 49 9.7 -1.6 225 36 319.6 320.3 292.3 332.1 3.85 10 550 5090 -1.0 -13.4 38 12.4 -6.0 227 35 322.9 323.4 292.0 331.2 2.47 11 500 5844 -5.2 -16.5 41 11.2 -9.4 229 37 326.6 327.1 292.7 333.9 2.11 12 450 6664 -10.0 -22.8 34 12.7 -13.9 229 38 330.6 330.9 293.2 335.5 1.36 13 400 7560 -16.6 -30.5 29 13.8 -19.8 233 39 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.2 0.76 14 350 8550 -23.3 -29.5 56 6.3 -24.6 224 46 337.4 337.6 294.6 340.9 0.95 15 300 9661 -30.9 -32.8 84 1.9 -31.3 216 53 341.8 342.0 295.5 344.9 0.81 16 250 10928 -40.6 -43.1 76 2.6 -40.8 213 57 345.8 345.8 296.0 347.1 0.34 17 200 12412 -51.3 -56.2 56 4.9 -51.4 215 66 351.6 351.6 297.1 352.0 0.09 18 150 14229 -63.2 -67.5 56 4.2 -63.3 213 44 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.3 0.03 19 100 16707 -64.6 -82.3 7 17.7 -64.8 219 11 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.48 m Freezing level: 562.76 mb = 4911.49 m = 16113.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4179.51 m = 13712.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.25 mb = 631.46 m = 2071.69 ft T: 25.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 21.81 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1452.83 m = 4766.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1494.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.89 mb = 1174.63 m = 3853.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.89 mb = 1837.21 m = 6027.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.89 mb = 12908.25 m = 42349.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1492.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 110.22 Bulk Shear: 13.56 m/s