MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-84.42 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -84.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 980 326 29.2 21.5 63 7.7 23.6 194 7 304.1 307.1 297.4 353.8 16.72 2 950 605 26.4 18.1 60 8.3 20.6 200 12 304.0 306.5 295.6 345.2 13.85 3 900 1079 21.9 16.8 73 5.1 18.4 210 13 304.1 306.6 295.3 344.2 13.47 4 850 1573 17.8 14.3 80 3.5 15.5 222 13 304.8 307.1 294.6 341.2 12.18 5 800 2089 14.1 10.4 78 3.7 11.8 223 10 306.2 308.1 293.4 336.2 9.95 6 750 2632 12.0 4.4 60 7.6 7.6 219 7 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.2 7.01 7 700 3208 9.2 0.6 55 8.6 4.5 224 4 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.5 5.71 8 650 3818 5.3 -3.6 52 9.0 0.8 205 4 315.0 315.8 291.5 329.3 4.50 9 600 4467 1.3 -7.3 53 8.6 -2.7 201 6 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.5 3.67 10 550 5162 -2.9 -12.4 48 9.6 -6.7 206 9 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.6 2.67 11 500 5911 -7.5 -17.6 44 10.1 -11.1 200 10 323.9 324.3 291.8 330.4 1.92 12 450 6723 -12.4 -22.9 41 10.5 -15.4 195 10 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.4 1.35 13 400 7613 -18.3 -31.2 31 13.0 -21.1 199 13 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.8 0.70 14 350 8594 -25.9 -37.9 32 11.9 -27.8 198 15 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.42 15 300 9690 -34.8 -44.9 35 10.2 -35.7 208 13 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 16 250 10934 -45.1 -52.6 43 7.5 -45.5 213 12 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12388 -56.0 -60.5 57 4.5 -56.1 225 12 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14175 -64.3 -71.2 38 6.9 -64.4 212 8 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16674 -60.9 -84.4 3 23.5 -61.2 224 13 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.91 m Freezing level: 584.57 mb = 4681.63 m = 15359.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3968.43 m = 13019.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.59 mb = 1296.78 m = 4254.48 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 24.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1814.93 m = 5954.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 31.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1068.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.06 mb = 1642.56 m = 5388.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.06 mb = 2003.70 m = 6573.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.06 mb = 12770.01 m = 41895.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1051.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.06 mb = 15149.75 m = 49703.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1127.55 Bulk Shear: 0.95 m/s