MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.37,-84.76 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -84.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 989 292 26.8 19.0 63 7.7 21.3 164 6 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.4 14.15 2 950 647 23.2 16.3 65 6.9 18.5 156 8 300.7 303.0 293.6 337.1 12.39 3 900 1116 18.8 15.3 80 3.4 16.5 146 7 300.8 303.1 293.6 336.9 12.26 4 850 1605 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 132 7 301.6 303.7 293.0 335.0 11.30 5 800 2116 11.6 9.2 86 2.3 10.2 138 7 303.5 305.2 292.0 330.9 9.20 6 750 2654 9.1 5.0 75 4.2 6.7 160 5 306.5 307.8 291.3 328.6 7.29 7 700 3223 5.7 2.0 77 3.8 3.7 176 4 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.2 6.31 8 650 3826 2.4 -3.9 63 6.3 -0.6 208 3 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.6 4.42 9 600 4469 -0.9 -14.1 36 13.2 -5.9 297 4 315.1 315.5 289.4 322.1 2.14 10 550 5158 -5.4 -19.8 31 14.4 -10.0 314 9 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.6 1.45 11 500 5898 -10.1 -22.7 35 12.6 -13.7 303 15 320.7 320.9 290.3 325.0 1.23 12 450 6703 -14.6 -21.4 56 6.8 -16.6 328 20 324.9 325.2 291.8 330.3 1.54 13 400 7586 -20.6 -26.8 58 6.2 -22.0 330 25 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.0 1.07 14 350 8558 -28.4 -31.5 75 3.1 -29.0 336 30 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.78 15 300 9642 -37.3 -38.3 89 1.1 -37.4 339 39 332.9 333.0 293.0 334.6 0.46 16 250 10873 -47.9 -48.5 94 0.5 -47.9 343 41 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.19 17 200 12321 -53.2 -63.8 26 10.6 -53.4 315 38 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.04 18 150 14164 -56.1 -77.2 5 21.1 -56.3 250 17 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.01 19 100 16701 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.1 279 11 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.51 m Freezing level: 613.56 mb = 4294.62 m = 14089.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.30 mb = 3734.99 m = 12253.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.23 mb = 1267.36 m = 4157.96 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.64 mb = 1578.13 m = 5177.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 34.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 615.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.59 mb = 1479.01 m = 4852.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.59 mb = 1728.60 m = 5671.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.59 mb = 11203.62 m = 36756.85 ft B at Equ Level: 610.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.59 mb = 13082.54 m = 42921.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -4.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: -9.6 tot: -4.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 51.17 Bulk Shear: 12.03 m/s