MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.08,-85.12 Latitude: 41.08 Longitude: -85.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 991 252 23.7 15.6 60 8.1 18.3 93 8 297.6 299.6 291.8 330.3 11.28 2 950 622 19.7 12.2 62 7.5 15.0 93 11 297.2 298.9 290.2 324.7 9.45 3 900 1086 17.7 7.1 50 10.7 11.5 109 12 299.8 301.1 288.9 320.6 7.02 4 850 1571 14.1 7.0 62 7.1 10.0 122 10 300.9 302.3 289.6 323.0 7.43 5 800 2080 9.9 5.9 76 3.9 7.6 140 6 301.7 303.0 289.8 323.4 7.31 6 750 2613 6.8 -3.6 47 10.4 1.8 140 6 303.9 304.6 287.3 315.9 3.90 7 700 3178 6.0 -24.4 9 30.4 -3.3 140 10 309.1 309.2 285.9 311.7 0.76 8 650 3781 2.7 -27.1 9 29.9 -5.7 149 10 312.1 312.2 286.8 314.2 0.64 9 600 4422 -1.6 -31.4 8 29.8 -8.9 162 9 314.2 314.3 287.3 315.9 0.46 10 550 5108 -6.1 -36.4 7 30.3 -12.3 174 10 316.9 316.9 288.1 318.0 0.31 11 500 5847 -10.6 -41.9 6 31.3 -16.0 190 9 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.8 0.19 12 450 6648 -16.3 -30.9 27 14.6 -19.4 218 11 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.65 13 400 7521 -23.6 -26.7 75 3.1 -24.2 212 9 324.3 324.6 291.2 328.1 1.08 14 350 8489 -27.6 -27.6 100 0.0 -27.6 206 15 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.6 1.13 15 300 9582 -35.0 -35.0 100 -0.0 -35.0 224 28 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.65 16 250 10824 -46.0 -46.0 100 0.0 -46.0 216 29 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 17 200 12276 -54.2 -57.3 69 3.0 -54.4 226 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14124 -55.7 -80.0 3 24.3 -56.0 246 49 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16649 -62.8 -84.5 4 21.7 -63.0 267 9 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.93 m Freezing level: 618.69 mb = 4182.30 m = 13721.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.19 mb = 2809.59 m = 9217.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.93 mb = 1277.24 m = 4190.37 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.77 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2319.04 m = 7608.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.73 C Showalter Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 17.67 C K Index: 1.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 113.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7394.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.86 mb = 1782.59 m = 5848.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.0 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 176.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 9.33 m/s