MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 41.49,-81.76 Latitude: 41.49 Longitude: -81.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 986 234 24.7 22.8 89 1.9 23.3 260 11 299.1 302.3 297.0 351.6 18.01 2 950 555 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 258 22 299.6 302.6 296.0 347.3 16.30 3 900 1024 19.4 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 248 27 301.5 304.4 296.0 347.1 15.48 4 850 1517 17.4 17.3 100 0.1 17.4 245 30 304.4 307.1 296.3 348.5 14.82 5 800 2035 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 248 36 307.6 309.9 295.3 344.0 12.04 6 750 2580 11.8 10.6 93 1.2 11.0 250 38 309.4 311.4 294.8 342.3 10.79 7 700 3155 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 253 40 312.0 313.8 294.7 341.4 9.54 8 650 3767 5.6 4.1 90 1.5 4.7 257 44 315.3 316.8 294.4 340.2 7.93 9 600 4418 1.6 -1.7 79 3.3 -0.1 257 43 318.0 319.1 293.3 336.0 5.64 10 550 5114 -2.2 -7.7 66 5.5 -4.7 254 41 321.5 322.2 292.9 334.3 3.90 11 500 5867 -5.6 -16.5 42 10.8 -9.6 259 38 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.4 2.11 12 450 6684 -11.1 -23.4 35 12.3 -14.7 258 39 329.3 329.5 292.7 333.8 1.29 13 400 7577 -17.5 -34.7 21 17.2 -20.9 264 39 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.1 0.50 14 350 8563 -24.4 -42.3 17 17.9 -26.9 263 39 335.9 335.9 293.6 336.9 0.26 15 300 9666 -33.2 -48.4 20 15.2 -34.6 262 47 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.16 16 250 10921 -42.7 -56.7 20 14.0 -43.3 261 55 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.07 17 200 12388 -54.0 -62.3 35 8.4 -54.2 251 52 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14179 -66.2 -69.8 60 3.6 -66.2 254 43 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.1 0.02 19 100 16665 -61.6 -84.0 4 22.3 -61.9 269 19 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.54 m Freezing level: 578.85 mb = 4712.33 m = 15460.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.01 mb = 4403.96 m = 14448.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.46 mb = 468.50 m = 1537.06 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 15.15 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 953.12 m = 3126.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 39.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.40 mb = 839.31 m = 2753.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.40 mb = 2309.40 m = 7576.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.40 mb = 12564.64 m = 41222.07 ft B at Equ Level: 965.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.40 mb = 15326.29 m = 50282.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 23.29 Bulk Shear: 41.69 m/s