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: 41.33,-82.28 Latitude: 41.33 Longitude: -82.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 988 230 28.4 22.2 69 6.2 23.9 217 12 302.6 305.8 297.4 353.7 17.28 2 950 581 26.0 19.1 66 6.8 21.1 220 20 303.5 306.3 296.1 347.6 14.84 3 900 1055 21.6 17.9 79 3.7 19.0 219 20 303.8 306.5 295.9 346.8 14.46 4 850 1549 17.9 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 218 21 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.4 12.92 5 800 2066 15.0 10.2 73 4.7 12.0 223 23 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.83 6 750 2611 12.6 5.0 60 7.6 8.1 231 25 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.7 7.29 7 700 3187 9.5 0.7 54 8.8 4.6 237 24 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.0 5.75 8 650 3799 5.8 -2.7 54 8.5 1.5 241 22 315.5 316.5 292.0 331.0 4.84 9 600 4449 1.9 -6.5 54 8.3 -2.1 242 22 318.3 319.0 292.0 331.0 3.93 10 550 5146 -2.4 -10.1 55 7.7 -5.8 242 23 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.21 11 500 5896 -6.5 -13.8 56 7.3 -9.4 239 29 325.1 325.6 292.8 334.0 2.63 12 450 6713 -11.2 -18.2 56 7.0 -13.6 239 35 329.1 329.5 293.4 336.2 2.03 13 400 7607 -16.8 -24.7 50 7.9 -19.0 244 37 333.2 333.4 293.8 337.8 1.29 14 350 8596 -23.8 -30.9 52 7.2 -25.2 242 43 336.7 336.9 294.3 339.8 0.83 15 300 9702 -32.5 -36.7 66 4.2 -33.1 237 45 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.7 0.55 16 250 10959 -42.7 -46.9 64 4.1 -43.0 241 57 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.22 17 200 12425 -54.7 -58.2 65 3.5 -54.8 236 59 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14213 -64.2 -72.9 29 8.8 -64.3 248 40 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16689 -64.5 -83.9 5 19.4 -64.7 239 15 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.39 m Freezing level: 578.39 mb = 4750.17 m = 15584.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.23 mb = 4062.49 m = 13328.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.25 mb = 1023.80 m = 3358.89 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.12 mb = 1598.47 m = 5244.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.65 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 970.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.96 mb = 1398.54 m = 4588.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.96 mb = 1960.91 m = 6433.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.96 mb = 12744.65 m = 41812.64 ft B at Equ Level: 965.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.96 mb = 15577.49 m = 51106.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 121.30 Bulk Shear: 8.00 m/s