MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 40.75,-84.15 Latitude: 40.75 Longitude: -84.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 983 265 27.7 22.9 75 4.9 24.2 219 12 302.3 305.7 297.9 355.9 18.12 2 950 569 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 219 21 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.4 15.22 3 900 1042 20.7 17.9 84 2.8 18.7 218 22 302.8 305.5 295.7 345.6 14.47 4 850 1534 17.4 15.4 88 2.0 16.1 220 22 304.4 306.8 295.1 343.3 13.05 5 800 2051 15.2 9.8 70 5.4 11.8 232 20 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.2 9.55 6 750 2596 12.2 4.9 61 7.3 7.9 240 20 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.2 7.28 7 700 3171 8.8 1.1 58 7.7 4.6 240 20 312.2 313.4 291.9 330.8 5.93 8 650 3781 5.0 -1.6 62 6.7 1.6 237 20 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.2 5.23 9 600 4430 1.3 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.5 242 21 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.4 4.58 10 550 5125 -2.7 -8.8 63 6.0 -5.4 247 21 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.7 3.59 11 500 5876 -6.7 -11.0 71 4.3 -8.5 254 20 324.9 325.6 293.3 336.0 3.31 12 450 6691 -11.4 -14.5 78 3.0 -12.6 261 21 328.9 329.4 293.9 338.3 2.77 13 400 7586 -16.3 -22.0 61 5.7 -18.0 247 22 333.8 334.2 294.3 339.7 1.64 14 350 8578 -23.2 -26.9 71 3.7 -24.1 238 20 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.0 1.21 15 300 9687 -31.7 -34.2 79 2.5 -32.1 240 19 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.4 0.71 16 250 10947 -42.5 -43.0 95 0.4 -42.6 249 16 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.34 17 200 12414 -54.7 -57.5 72 2.7 -54.8 244 14 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14199 -64.0 -69.9 45 5.8 -64.1 232 31 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16691 -62.4 -84.2 4 21.8 -62.6 223 23 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.92 m Freezing level: 584.01 mb = 4652.29 m = 15263.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.45 mb = 4105.86 m = 13470.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.68 mb = 881.10 m = 2890.70 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 25.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1439.85 m = 4723.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 31.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 865.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.09 mb = 1254.09 m = 4114.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.09 mb = 2231.66 m = 7321.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.09 mb = 12631.83 m = 41442.50 ft B at Equ Level: 863.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.09 mb = 15413.94 m = 50570.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 154.16 Bulk Shear: 5.61 m/s