MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.63,-84.18 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -84.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 983 280 28.4 23.4 74 5.0 24.7 219 11 303.0 306.5 298.4 358.6 18.72 2 950 582 25.6 19.5 69 6.1 21.3 221 19 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.3 15.21 3 900 1055 21.2 18.0 82 3.3 18.9 223 21 303.4 306.1 295.8 346.6 14.55 4 850 1549 18.0 15.1 84 2.8 16.1 226 22 305.0 307.3 295.1 343.3 12.84 5 800 2067 15.2 10.1 71 5.1 12.0 234 23 307.4 309.2 293.6 336.9 9.75 6 750 2611 12.4 6.3 67 6.0 8.8 237 23 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.6 8.01 7 700 3188 9.3 2.3 62 7.0 5.4 240 23 312.8 314.0 292.5 333.0 6.48 8 650 3798 5.4 -0.8 64 6.2 2.1 243 23 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.8 5.57 9 600 4448 1.3 -4.0 68 5.3 -1.3 244 24 317.7 318.6 292.5 332.9 4.75 10 550 5144 -2.8 -7.3 71 4.5 -4.8 245 26 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.0 4.02 11 500 5894 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.5 -8.7 242 29 324.7 325.3 293.2 335.5 3.21 12 450 6709 -11.5 -16.0 69 4.6 -13.1 242 30 328.8 329.3 293.6 337.2 2.43 13 400 7604 -16.6 -22.9 58 6.3 -18.4 240 31 333.4 333.7 294.0 338.8 1.52 14 350 8594 -23.6 -29.7 57 6.2 -24.9 237 37 337.0 337.2 294.4 340.4 0.93 15 300 9701 -32.3 -36.6 65 4.3 -32.9 231 39 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.0 0.55 16 250 10959 -42.5 -43.5 91 0.9 -42.6 229 53 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.1 0.33 17 200 12426 -54.5 -56.3 80 1.8 -54.5 225 58 346.5 346.5 296.0 346.9 0.09 18 150 14212 -65.5 -70.3 52 4.7 -65.6 237 33 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16689 -64.8 -83.8 6 19.0 -65.0 241 15 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.53 m Freezing level: 583.71 mb = 4674.73 m = 15336.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.21 mb = 4192.32 m = 13754.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.12 mb = 918.91 m = 3014.75 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 25.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1541.04 m = 5055.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1101.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.19 mb = 1336.32 m = 4384.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.19 mb = 2000.83 m = 6564.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.19 mb = 12870.02 m = 42223.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1097.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.19 mb = 15772.40 m = 51746.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 107.44 Bulk Shear: 10.25 m/s