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: 41.96,-84.45 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 976 327 28.7 21.9 67 6.8 23.8 205 14 304.0 307.2 297.7 355.2 17.21 2 950 563 26.1 19.2 66 6.8 21.2 209 25 303.6 306.4 296.2 348.0 14.93 3 900 1037 22.2 16.8 71 5.4 18.5 217 28 304.4 306.8 295.4 344.5 13.47 4 850 1532 19.0 13.8 71 5.3 15.5 232 24 306.1 308.3 294.6 341.3 11.71 5 800 2051 14.9 11.0 77 4.0 12.4 242 23 307.0 309.0 293.9 338.2 10.33 6 750 2594 11.5 5.9 68 5.6 8.2 241 22 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.8 7.77 7 700 3169 9.4 -3.9 39 13.3 2.8 234 25 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.8 4.08 8 650 3780 5.9 -9.4 32 15.3 -0.9 242 26 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.9 2.87 9 600 4430 1.7 -11.1 38 12.8 -3.7 247 28 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.1 2.73 10 550 5126 -2.0 -15.1 36 13.1 -7.0 250 31 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.15 11 500 5877 -6.5 -19.1 36 12.6 -10.8 252 31 325.1 325.4 292.0 331.0 1.69 12 450 6692 -11.6 -25.0 32 13.4 -15.3 252 30 328.7 328.9 292.4 332.7 1.11 13 400 7584 -17.5 -24.8 53 7.3 -19.4 236 29 332.3 332.5 293.5 336.9 1.28 14 350 8571 -24.3 -34.8 37 10.5 -26.2 234 28 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.1 0.57 15 300 9676 -32.3 -45.9 25 13.6 -33.7 240 30 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.21 16 250 10934 -42.6 -50.5 42 7.9 -43.1 239 35 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.15 17 200 12400 -54.8 -59.5 56 4.7 -54.9 244 42 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14188 -64.0 -71.4 36 7.4 -64.1 240 36 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.02 19 100 16676 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 244 25 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.43 m Freezing level: 577.01 mb = 4749.80 m = 15583.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3623.73 m = 11888.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.97 mb = 1192.84 m = 3913.46 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 30.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1885.31 m = 6185.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.45 mb = 1568.16 m = 5144.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.45 mb = 2141.14 m = 7024.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.45 mb = 12671.26 m = 41571.87 ft B at Equ Level: 749.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.45 mb = 14997.95 m = 49205.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 97.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 32.75 Bulk Shear: 23.31 m/s