MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 40.59,-82.75 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -82.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 981 326 23.5 22.4 93 1.2 22.7 224 7 298.3 301.5 296.5 349.5 17.61 2 950 608 22.5 19.8 85 2.6 20.6 236 16 300.0 302.8 295.6 345.3 15.49 3 900 1078 20.0 17.3 85 2.6 18.1 252 16 302.1 304.6 295.1 343.2 13.95 4 850 1570 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.7 257 16 304.1 306.5 294.8 342.0 12.73 5 800 2086 14.3 12.6 89 1.7 13.2 256 16 306.4 308.6 294.6 341.1 11.53 6 750 2630 11.3 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 256 16 308.8 310.8 294.5 340.6 10.45 7 700 3205 8.3 7.6 96 0.7 7.9 263 17 311.6 313.4 294.5 340.6 9.41 8 650 3815 5.1 4.6 96 0.5 4.8 268 17 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.3 8.19 9 600 4465 1.7 1.5 99 0.1 1.6 265 19 318.0 319.4 294.5 340.7 7.14 10 550 5163 -2.0 -2.2 99 0.1 -2.1 267 22 321.7 322.8 294.6 340.9 5.94 11 500 5916 -6.1 -6.5 97 0.4 -6.3 256 22 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.2 4.71 12 450 6735 -10.0 -12.0 85 2.0 -10.8 244 23 330.7 331.3 294.8 342.2 3.39 13 400 7634 -15.8 -17.3 89 1.4 -16.3 248 25 334.4 334.9 295.1 343.1 2.47 14 350 8628 -22.0 -22.9 92 0.9 -22.3 247 29 339.1 339.4 295.6 345.3 1.73 15 300 9744 -30.4 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.4 252 37 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.3 1.00 16 250 11011 -40.9 -41.3 96 0.4 -40.9 254 32 345.3 345.3 296.0 346.9 0.41 17 200 12487 -53.7 -55.8 77 2.1 -53.8 262 33 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.1 0.10 18 150 14272 -66.9 -69.6 68 2.7 -66.9 294 41 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.02 19 100 16680 -68.9 -80.4 17 11.6 -68.9 265 23 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.76 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4779.46 m = 15680.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.30 mb = 4760.71 m = 15618.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.96 mb = 471.56 m = 1547.08 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1450.04 m = 4757.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.65 mb = 1090.86 m = 3578.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.65 mb = 2153.39 m = 7064.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.65 mb = 8343.56 m = 27373.54 ft B at Equ Level: 205.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.65 mb = 12687.15 m = 41623.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 26.74 Bulk Shear: 7.71 m/s