MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 18 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 154 SFC 981 317 21.9 21.2 96 0.7 21.4 225 8 296.6 299.6 295.2 343.8 16.33 2 950 600 20.7 19.2 91 1.4 19.7 236 19 298.2 300.9 294.7 341.6 14.94 3 900 1068 19.4 16.6 84 2.7 17.5 249 17 301.5 303.9 294.5 340.8 13.35 4 850 1559 16.9 14.6 87 2.2 15.4 263 15 303.8 306.1 294.5 340.7 12.40 5 800 2075 14.3 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 273 14 306.4 308.6 294.7 341.4 11.62 6 750 2619 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.0 278 13 309.1 311.0 294.0 338.9 9.76 7 700 3194 8.4 4.8 78 3.6 6.3 284 11 311.8 313.2 293.2 335.6 7.72 8 650 3803 4.6 -1.2 66 5.8 1.5 301 11 314.1 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.39 9 600 4450 0.7 -4.5 68 5.3 -1.9 303 10 317.0 317.8 292.2 331.6 4.55 10 550 5146 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.5 290 13 320.9 321.9 293.6 337.3 5.04 11 500 5898 -5.8 -9.3 76 3.5 -7.3 269 21 326.0 326.7 294.0 338.7 3.80 12 450 6718 -10.0 -11.8 87 1.8 -10.7 262 27 330.7 331.4 294.9 342.5 3.46 13 400 7617 -15.8 -16.4 95 0.7 -16.0 258 27 334.5 335.1 295.2 343.8 2.65 14 350 8612 -22.1 -22.1 100 0.0 -22.1 239 31 339.0 339.4 295.7 345.7 1.86 15 300 9727 -30.4 -30.4 100 -0.0 -30.4 243 36 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.4 1.02 16 250 10996 -40.2 -41.4 88 1.2 -40.4 267 54 346.3 346.3 296.1 347.9 0.40 17 200 12476 -53.3 -56.9 65 3.6 -53.4 271 50 348.3 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.09 18 150 14260 -67.9 -69.8 76 1.9 -67.9 268 46 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16673 -67.0 -80.9 12 13.9 -67.1 282 25 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.73 m Freezing level: 589.23 mb = 4600.22 m = 15092.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.30 mb = 4090.39 m = 13419.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.97 C = 85.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.32 mb = 407.06 m = 1335.48 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.20 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1535.13 m = 5036.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.91 C = 84.04 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 33.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.42 mb = 1015.66 m = 3332.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.42 mb = 3426.75 m = 11242.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.42 mb = 5735.08 m = 18815.64 ft B at Equ Level: 77.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.42 mb = 7797.20 m = 25581.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 6.13 Bulk Shear: 12.68 m/s