MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 40.12,-83.66 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -83.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 979 321 26.7 23.4 82 3.3 24.3 229 11 301.7 305.1 298.2 357.4 18.85 2 950 586 25.0 20.2 75 4.8 21.6 229 20 302.6 305.5 296.5 349.7 15.91 3 900 1059 21.9 17.6 77 4.3 18.9 237 24 304.0 306.7 295.8 346.3 14.21 4 850 1555 19.8 13.2 66 6.6 15.4 253 27 306.9 309.0 294.6 340.9 11.29 5 800 2075 16.3 10.9 70 5.5 12.8 259 27 308.6 310.5 294.3 339.8 10.27 6 750 2621 12.5 8.5 77 4.0 10.0 262 26 310.1 311.9 294.0 338.7 9.34 7 700 3197 8.8 5.5 80 3.3 6.9 265 26 312.2 313.8 293.7 337.4 8.13 8 650 3808 5.5 2.0 78 3.5 3.5 272 26 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.7 6.83 9 600 4458 1.2 -2.3 77 3.5 -0.6 282 24 317.5 318.5 293.0 334.7 5.38 10 550 5153 -3.3 -5.0 88 1.7 -4.1 284 23 320.2 321.1 293.3 335.8 4.81 11 500 5902 -7.2 -8.9 88 1.7 -7.9 268 28 324.3 325.0 293.6 337.2 3.90 12 450 6717 -11.8 -13.2 89 1.4 -12.4 262 32 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.8 3.06 13 400 7609 -17.4 -18.2 93 0.9 -17.7 253 27 332.4 332.9 294.4 340.4 2.27 14 350 8596 -24.3 -24.5 98 0.2 -24.4 245 25 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.5 1.51 15 300 9702 -31.9 -32.5 94 0.6 -32.0 258 19 340.4 340.5 295.1 343.5 0.83 16 250 10962 -42.3 -42.8 95 0.5 -42.3 225 12 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.6 0.35 17 200 12428 -55.1 -56.2 87 1.1 -55.1 186 25 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.09 18 150 14213 -65.4 -70.7 48 5.3 -65.5 226 38 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16676 -66.8 -83.1 8 16.3 -66.9 219 16 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.92 m Freezing level: 586.74 mb = 4642.26 m = 15230.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.51 mb = 4357.01 m = 14294.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.06 % Est. max temperature: 32.58 C = 90.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.87 mb = 735.54 m = 2413.15 ft T: 24.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1941.71 m = 6370.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.13 C = 91.63 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1175.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.72 mb = 1345.77 m = 4415.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.72 mb = 2556.87 m = 8388.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.72 mb = 12887.62 m = 42281.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1175.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.72 mb = 15789.15 m = 51801.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.3 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 294.3 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 42.98 Bulk Shear: 27.36 m/s