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: 40.39,-83.35 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -83.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 980 310 27.4 22.9 77 4.5 24.1 235 10 302.3 305.6 298.0 356.3 18.28 2 950 584 24.8 19.8 74 5.0 21.3 235 17 302.4 305.2 296.3 348.3 15.53 3 900 1057 20.9 17.8 82 3.2 18.7 240 21 303.1 305.7 295.7 345.6 14.36 4 850 1551 19.6 12.8 65 6.8 15.1 258 29 306.7 308.7 294.3 339.8 10.99 5 800 2071 16.5 10.5 67 6.1 12.7 265 32 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.2 9.99 6 750 2618 12.4 8.4 77 4.0 9.9 267 29 310.0 311.8 293.9 338.3 9.25 7 700 3194 8.7 5.5 80 3.2 6.8 265 27 312.1 313.6 293.6 337.2 8.11 8 650 3804 5.4 1.7 77 3.7 3.3 275 29 315.1 316.4 293.3 336.1 6.66 9 600 4454 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.7 284 28 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.4 5.28 10 550 5149 -3.3 -6.8 77 3.5 -4.9 282 23 320.2 321.0 292.7 333.8 4.18 11 500 5898 -7.2 -9.0 87 1.8 -8.0 270 28 324.3 325.1 293.6 337.1 3.87 12 450 6713 -11.7 -13.3 88 1.6 -12.3 263 33 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.0 3.06 13 400 7606 -17.1 -18.2 91 1.1 -17.5 255 28 332.7 333.2 294.5 340.7 2.28 14 350 8594 -24.0 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 256 27 336.4 336.7 294.8 342.0 1.56 15 300 9701 -31.9 -32.6 93 0.7 -32.0 261 24 340.4 340.6 295.1 343.5 0.82 16 250 10961 -42.5 -42.7 98 0.2 -42.5 250 18 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.3 0.35 17 200 12425 -55.3 -55.5 97 0.2 -55.3 189 24 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.6 0.10 18 150 14210 -64.7 -71.1 41 6.4 -64.8 227 40 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.02 19 100 16674 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.9 -66.4 221 18 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.11 m Freezing level: 586.50 mb = 4641.85 m = 15228.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.18 mb = 4330.82 m = 14208.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.00 mb = 874.26 m = 2868.29 ft T: 22.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.03 mb = 1996.29 m = 6549.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.56 C = 92.40 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 995.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.42 mb = 1306.20 m = 4285.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.42 mb = 2624.16 m = 8609.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.42 mb = 12762.69 m = 41871.85 ft B at Equ Level: 993.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.42 mb = 15596.02 m = 51167.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.6 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 297.6 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.4 neg: -11.7 tot: 126.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 31.07 Bulk Shear: 32.03 m/s