MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 42.96,-85.24 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 982 244 29.4 18.8 53 10.7 21.9 226 14 304.2 306.8 295.7 345.9 14.02 2 950 536 28.2 17.3 52 10.9 20.6 230 27 305.8 308.2 295.6 345.3 13.20 3 900 1013 23.9 16.2 62 7.7 18.6 232 33 306.1 308.6 295.6 345.1 12.99 4 850 1510 19.5 14.9 75 4.6 16.4 230 35 306.6 308.9 295.4 344.6 12.64 5 800 2029 15.0 13.4 90 1.6 14.0 228 35 307.2 309.5 295.3 344.0 12.20 6 750 2574 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 232 34 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.4 10.06 7 700 3148 8.5 6.2 85 2.3 7.1 250 34 311.9 313.6 293.9 338.3 8.52 8 650 3759 5.4 2.7 82 2.7 3.9 262 35 315.1 316.5 293.7 337.6 7.16 9 600 4409 1.2 -2.9 74 4.1 -0.9 266 37 317.5 318.5 292.8 334.0 5.15 10 550 5104 -3.5 -6.0 83 2.5 -4.7 259 37 319.9 320.8 292.9 334.4 4.44 11 500 5852 -7.0 -11.8 69 4.8 -9.0 252 39 324.5 325.1 293.0 334.8 3.09 12 450 6668 -11.3 -17.7 59 6.4 -13.5 254 39 329.0 329.4 293.4 336.3 2.11 13 400 7562 -17.1 -24.0 55 6.9 -19.0 253 37 332.8 333.1 293.7 337.7 1.37 14 350 8549 -24.4 -30.6 56 6.3 -25.6 246 35 335.9 336.1 294.1 339.1 0.85 15 300 9653 -33.0 -34.9 82 2.0 -33.3 243 38 338.9 339.0 294.7 341.4 0.65 16 250 10909 -42.9 -49.2 50 6.3 -43.3 236 41 342.3 342.3 295.0 343.0 0.17 17 200 12372 -55.5 -58.1 72 2.6 -55.5 233 34 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14159 -64.3 -70.2 44 5.9 -64.4 232 40 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.02 19 100 16671 -60.3 -83.7 3 23.4 -60.6 253 27 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.47 m Freezing level: 587.42 mb = 4583.91 m = 15038.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.61 mb = 4280.05 m = 14041.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.10 mb = 1600.38 m = 5250.53 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 11.95 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.16 mb = 2101.76 m = 6895.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.40 mb = 1897.67 m = 6225.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.40 mb = 2380.19 m = 7808.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.40 mb = 12453.65 m = 40857.95 ft B at Equ Level: 613.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.40 mb = 14702.57 m = 48236.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.9 neg: -6.7 tot: 152.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 23.62 Bulk Shear: 26.33 m/s