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: 47.68,-82.88 Latitude: 47.68 Longitude: -82.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 955 434 26.0 20.6 72 5.4 22.1 194 12 303.1 306.1 296.9 351.2 16.23 2 950 479 25.4 19.6 70 5.9 21.3 197 18 303.0 305.8 296.2 348.2 15.25 3 900 952 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.6 202 31 303.1 305.7 295.6 345.1 14.19 4 850 1445 17.2 15.7 91 1.4 16.2 210 38 304.1 306.6 295.3 343.8 13.34 5 800 1962 14.7 12.3 86 2.4 13.1 218 52 306.9 309.0 294.6 341.0 11.33 6 750 2506 11.3 8.8 85 2.5 9.7 223 52 308.9 310.6 293.8 337.9 9.53 7 700 3080 8.1 4.4 77 3.7 5.9 229 46 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.6 7.49 8 650 3688 3.9 0.3 78 3.5 2.0 231 43 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.2 6.03 9 600 4334 -0.2 -2.5 85 2.2 -1.4 231 42 315.8 316.9 292.4 332.7 5.32 10 550 5026 -4.1 -5.5 90 1.4 -4.8 231 45 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.2 4.62 11 500 5773 -8.1 -9.1 93 1.0 -8.5 230 49 323.2 324.0 293.3 336.0 3.86 12 450 6585 -12.7 -14.2 89 1.4 -13.3 233 53 327.3 327.8 293.6 336.9 2.84 13 400 7475 -18.0 -21.2 76 3.2 -19.0 229 56 331.6 332.0 293.8 337.8 1.77 14 350 8460 -24.8 -28.9 69 4.0 -25.7 226 52 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.0 1.01 15 300 9561 -33.5 -35.6 81 2.1 -33.8 229 54 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.5 0.61 16 250 10813 -43.4 -43.4 99 0.1 -43.4 229 64 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.33 17 200 12275 -55.1 -57.1 78 2.0 -55.1 228 61 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.08 18 150 14061 -63.5 -70.6 38 7.1 -63.6 235 54 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.02 19 100 16610 -58.6 -84.5 2 25.9 -59.0 251 22 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.31 m Freezing level: 603.03 mb = 4294.91 m = 14090.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.76 mb = 4059.47 m = 13318.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.41 mb = 1112.54 m = 3650.01 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1549.36 m = 5083.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.53 C = 81.55 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.56 mb = 1378.62 m = 4522.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.56 mb = 2158.35 m = 7081.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.56 mb = 12224.24 m = 40105.28 ft B at Equ Level: 972.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.56 mb = 14885.78 m = 48837.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 347.5 neg: -3.1 tot: 344.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 11.97 Bulk Shear: 81.49 m/s