MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508030600F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 43.97,-84.21 Latitude: 43.97 Longitude: -84.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 987 225 24.9 22.0 84 3.0 22.8 239 13 299.2 302.3 296.4 349.0 17.07 2 950 558 21.5 20.5 94 1.0 20.8 240 22 299.0 301.9 295.7 346.0 16.14 3 900 1026 19.0 17.9 93 1.1 18.2 247 26 301.1 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.49 4 850 1518 17.7 13.9 78 3.8 15.2 246 27 304.7 306.9 294.3 340.0 11.83 5 800 2035 14.7 12.3 85 2.4 13.1 245 32 306.9 309.0 294.6 341.0 11.33 6 750 2579 11.6 9.0 84 2.6 10.0 249 35 309.2 311.0 294.0 338.6 9.66 7 700 3154 8.0 5.8 86 2.3 6.7 250 36 311.4 313.0 293.6 336.9 8.28 8 650 3762 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.0 249 34 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.85 9 600 4409 -0.2 -3.5 78 3.3 -1.8 252 33 315.9 316.9 292.2 331.7 4.94 10 550 5101 -3.9 -8.2 72 4.2 -5.8 252 32 319.4 320.1 292.2 331.7 3.76 11 500 5849 -7.6 -12.4 69 4.8 -9.5 251 32 323.7 324.3 292.7 333.7 2.96 12 450 6662 -12.1 -17.6 63 5.5 -14.0 243 33 328.1 328.5 293.2 335.4 2.13 13 400 7554 -17.5 -22.5 65 5.0 -18.9 238 31 332.2 332.6 293.8 337.8 1.57 14 350 8541 -24.5 -27.9 73 3.4 -25.2 241 31 335.8 336.0 294.3 339.8 1.10 15 300 9644 -33.2 -34.1 91 0.9 -33.3 240 35 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.2 0.71 16 250 10896 -43.7 -46.2 76 2.5 -43.9 251 37 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.24 17 200 12354 -56.1 -58.3 76 2.3 -56.1 239 33 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.07 18 150 14135 -63.5 -70.8 36 7.3 -63.6 236 35 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.02 19 100 16653 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.2 -60.9 230 26 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.48 m Freezing level: 601.75 mb = 4386.61 m = 14391.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.70 mb = 4161.20 m = 13652.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.51 mb = 598.67 m = 1964.11 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 1001.27 m = 3284.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 891.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.95 mb = 864.17 m = 2835.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.95 mb = 2335.86 m = 7663.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.95 mb = 12608.79 m = 41366.92 ft B at Equ Level: 881.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.95 mb = 14931.75 m = 48988.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 42.45 Bulk Shear: 21.01 m/s