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: 42.08,-84.50 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -84.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 974 334 25.4 23.0 87 2.4 23.7 224 11 300.8 304.2 297.7 355.3 18.51 2 950 554 23.3 20.2 83 3.1 21.2 227 19 300.9 303.8 296.1 347.6 15.93 3 900 1024 19.8 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 231 23 301.9 304.6 295.6 345.5 14.79 4 850 1516 17.3 14.7 85 2.6 15.5 234 25 304.2 306.5 294.6 341.2 12.43 5 800 2033 14.8 11.1 78 3.7 12.4 236 26 306.9 308.9 293.9 338.4 10.41 6 750 2577 11.7 8.4 80 3.2 9.7 240 30 309.3 311.0 293.7 337.6 9.29 7 700 3152 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 242 32 311.8 313.4 293.7 337.6 8.35 8 650 3762 5.1 2.6 84 2.5 3.7 242 32 314.7 316.1 293.6 337.0 7.11 9 600 4412 1.4 -1.6 80 3.0 -0.2 245 32 317.8 318.9 293.3 335.9 5.67 10 550 5108 -2.8 -5.9 79 3.1 -4.3 247 33 320.7 321.6 293.1 335.3 4.46 11 500 5858 -6.7 -11.1 71 4.4 -8.5 254 33 324.9 325.6 293.3 335.9 3.29 12 450 6675 -11.2 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.6 246 33 329.2 329.6 293.4 336.3 2.04 13 400 7569 -17.1 -24.6 52 7.5 -19.1 246 31 332.8 333.1 293.7 337.5 1.30 14 350 8557 -23.8 -28.8 63 5.0 -24.9 244 30 336.7 336.9 294.4 340.4 1.01 15 300 9664 -32.1 -33.1 90 1.0 -32.2 238 38 340.2 340.4 295.1 343.2 0.78 16 250 10923 -42.5 -42.6 99 0.1 -42.5 248 40 342.9 342.9 295.3 344.3 0.36 17 200 12389 -54.6 -56.4 80 1.9 -54.6 241 34 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.7 0.09 18 150 14172 -65.6 -69.9 56 4.2 -65.7 226 37 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16677 -61.3 -84.2 3 22.9 -61.6 235 28 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.01 m Freezing level: 583.40 mb = 4643.14 m = 15233.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.05 mb = 4384.33 m = 14384.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.20 mb = 634.97 m = 2083.21 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1276.36 m = 4187.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 793.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.81 mb = 1083.75 m = 3555.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.81 mb = 2045.51 m = 6710.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.81 mb = 12426.44 m = 40768.67 ft B at Equ Level: 792.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.81 mb = 15113.06 m = 49582.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.3 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 272.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 35.19 Bulk Shear: 22.54 m/s