MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F327.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F327.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 327 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 40.64,-82.87 Latitude: 40.64 Longitude: -82.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 980 309 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.5 103 10 295.5 298.3 294.4 340.4 15.64 2 950 577 19.4 19.3 100 0.0 19.4 117 20 296.8 299.6 294.4 340.3 15.03 3 900 1042 17.5 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 145 21 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.7 13.72 4 850 1531 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.6 147 20 302.0 304.3 293.8 337.9 12.13 5 800 2044 13.0 12.0 94 1.0 12.4 151 22 305.0 307.1 293.9 338.2 11.08 6 750 2586 10.6 9.7 94 1.0 10.0 150 21 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.8 10.11 7 700 3159 7.5 6.3 92 1.2 6.8 144 21 310.8 312.4 293.6 337.2 8.58 8 650 3766 3.2 2.9 98 0.3 3.0 151 25 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.1 7.25 9 600 4412 0.1 -0.0 99 0.1 0.0 154 31 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.4 6.38 10 550 5109 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 160 34 321.5 322.7 294.4 340.4 5.82 11 500 5862 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.5 -5.8 169 38 326.3 327.2 294.9 342.4 4.88 12 450 6683 -9.5 -10.0 96 0.5 -9.7 173 45 331.4 332.2 295.5 344.9 3.98 13 400 7586 -14.3 -14.6 97 0.3 -14.4 177 49 336.4 337.1 296.0 347.2 3.08 14 350 8587 -20.2 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.2 185 51 341.5 342.0 296.5 349.4 2.19 15 300 9711 -28.0 -28.0 100 -0.0 -28.0 187 56 345.9 346.2 296.8 350.7 1.27 16 250 10992 -38.4 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.4 190 61 349.0 349.1 296.9 351.2 0.56 17 200 12483 -51.4 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.4 200 62 351.3 351.4 297.1 352.0 0.17 18 150 14280 -66.0 -68.7 69 2.7 -66.0 228 56 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16736 -66.9 -82.5 9 15.6 -67.0 214 22 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.81 m Freezing level: 598.83 mb = 4428.73 m = 14529.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.58 mb = 4417.99 m = 14494.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.31 mb = 332.11 m = 1089.59 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 879.58 m = 2885.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.52 mb = 801.67 m = 2630.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.52 mb = 3035.27 m = 9958.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 550.52 mb = 5100.94 m = 16735.18 ft B at Equ Level: 81.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 440.52 mb = 6846.49 m = 22461.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.8 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 183.8 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.2 neg: -8.4 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.48 Bulk Shear: 33.35 m/s