MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-84.95 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -84.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 983 302 26.3 21.8 76 4.5 23.0 175 5 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.6 16.93 2 950 608 26.0 18.0 62 8.0 20.4 202 10 303.6 306.1 295.4 344.6 13.83 3 900 1082 21.7 16.5 72 5.2 18.2 216 9 303.9 306.4 295.1 343.4 13.27 4 850 1576 17.4 15.0 86 2.4 15.8 228 8 304.4 306.8 294.9 342.3 12.73 5 800 2092 14.3 11.4 82 3.0 12.4 209 3 306.4 308.4 293.9 338.4 10.61 6 750 2637 12.6 6.8 68 5.8 9.1 66 3 310.3 311.8 293.3 335.7 8.29 7 700 3213 9.3 0.2 53 9.1 4.4 48 5 312.8 313.9 291.8 330.3 5.56 8 650 3823 5.1 -2.5 58 7.6 1.2 61 6 314.7 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.90 9 600 4472 0.6 -5.4 64 6.0 -2.3 75 7 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.6 4.27 10 550 5165 -3.3 -10.7 57 7.4 -6.4 67 6 320.2 320.8 291.8 330.4 3.08 11 500 5914 -7.2 -18.1 41 10.9 -11.0 28 3 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.5 1.84 12 450 6726 -12.7 -21.6 48 8.8 -15.4 337 5 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.5 1.51 13 400 7614 -19.2 -27.4 48 8.2 -21.1 317 9 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.7 1.01 14 350 8592 -26.5 -39.9 27 13.4 -28.3 304 14 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.34 15 300 9685 -35.5 -44.0 42 8.5 -36.4 284 14 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.3 0.26 16 250 10925 -46.2 -50.3 63 4.1 -46.4 258 15 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.15 17 200 12372 -56.7 -63.2 44 6.5 -56.8 229 8 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 14156 -61.3 -73.4 19 12.1 -61.4 299 16 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.01 19 100 16666 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.3 -63.6 194 1 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.79 m Freezing level: 591.86 mb = 4584.55 m = 15041.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.76 mb = 4041.03 m = 13257.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.39 mb = 876.26 m = 2874.84 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 20.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1779.55 m = 5838.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 30.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1138.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.88 mb = 1546.42 m = 5073.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.88 mb = 3357.00 m = 11013.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.88 mb = 12759.89 m = 41862.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1113.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.88 mb = 15143.59 m = 49683.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.6 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 130.6 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 69.79 Bulk Shear: 16.32 m/s