MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 16 AUG 25 Station: 40.93,-82.64 Latitude: 40.93 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 140 SFC 980 318 30.2 24.4 71 5.8 25.9 220 9 305.1 308.8 299.7 365.2 20.04 2 950 596 27.5 20.7 67 6.8 22.6 221 15 305.1 308.1 297.5 354.0 16.37 3 900 1073 23.0 18.9 78 4.1 20.1 221 16 305.2 308.1 297.0 351.5 15.48 4 850 1569 19.9 14.5 71 5.4 16.3 233 16 307.0 309.3 295.3 344.0 12.29 5 800 2090 17.0 10.3 65 6.7 12.7 241 16 309.3 311.2 294.2 339.5 9.91 6 750 2638 13.5 6.3 62 7.2 9.2 242 15 311.2 312.8 293.3 336.0 8.02 7 700 3216 10.0 3.3 63 6.7 6.1 247 16 313.6 314.9 293.1 335.3 6.94 8 650 3829 6.6 -1.1 58 7.7 2.5 254 18 316.4 317.5 292.7 333.8 5.43 9 600 4482 2.7 -4.6 59 7.2 -0.9 263 18 319.2 320.1 292.8 333.9 4.55 10 550 5181 -1.3 -11.5 46 10.2 -5.6 265 18 322.6 323.1 292.3 332.2 2.89 11 500 5934 -5.5 -18.7 35 13.2 -10.1 266 20 326.3 326.7 292.3 332.4 1.75 12 450 6753 -9.9 -25.0 28 15.2 -14.3 263 25 330.8 331.0 293.0 334.8 1.11 13 400 7652 -15.5 -29.1 30 13.6 -18.8 265 30 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.0 0.86 14 350 8645 -22.8 -34.8 32 12.1 -25.0 266 34 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.57 15 300 9754 -31.7 -37.1 59 5.4 -32.5 281 37 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.7 0.53 16 250 11018 -41.3 -46.5 57 5.3 -41.7 286 35 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.7 0.23 17 200 12493 -53.2 -58.3 54 5.1 -53.4 277 41 348.4 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.07 18 150 14288 -67.0 -69.1 75 2.1 -67.0 275 38 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16712 -67.6 -83.0 10 15.3 -67.7 261 21 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.05 m Freezing level: 566.24 mb = 4953.57 m = 16251.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.50 mb = 4300.17 m = 14108.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.11 mb = 1052.06 m = 3451.60 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 31.42 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1842.23 m = 6044.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1616.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.27 mb = 1475.12 m = 4839.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.27 mb = 2367.89 m = 7768.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.27 mb = 14113.05 m = 46302.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1613.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 170.43 Bulk Shear: 9.48 m/s