MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 40.78,-83.91 Latitude: 40.78 Longitude: -83.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 984 268 24.8 22.8 88 2.1 23.3 215 6 299.3 302.6 297.0 351.9 17.99 2 950 581 24.3 19.7 76 4.6 21.1 222 14 301.8 304.7 296.0 347.2 15.39 3 900 1052 20.6 17.6 83 3.0 18.5 222 15 302.8 305.4 295.5 344.9 14.25 4 850 1546 18.0 13.6 75 4.4 15.1 228 15 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.6 11.57 5 800 2063 15.5 8.3 62 7.1 11.0 232 15 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.8 8.63 6 750 2608 12.4 5.1 61 7.3 8.1 232 19 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.7 7.38 7 700 3184 9.1 1.8 60 7.3 5.0 233 22 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.0 6.23 8 650 3794 5.5 -1.7 60 7.2 1.8 235 24 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.7 5.20 9 600 4444 1.4 -5.0 62 6.4 -1.7 237 24 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.41 10 550 5139 -3.3 -7.9 70 4.6 -5.4 235 25 320.2 320.9 292.4 332.7 3.84 11 500 5887 -7.9 -11.8 73 3.9 -9.5 230 25 323.4 324.0 292.7 333.7 3.09 12 450 6700 -11.8 -17.3 63 5.5 -13.7 223 26 328.4 328.9 293.3 336.0 2.18 13 400 7593 -17.0 -22.2 64 5.2 -18.5 227 28 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.6 1.62 14 350 8582 -23.8 -28.7 64 4.9 -24.9 218 32 336.6 336.8 294.4 340.4 1.02 15 300 9689 -32.0 -38.0 55 6.0 -32.9 215 36 340.2 340.3 294.8 342.1 0.48 16 250 10948 -42.5 -45.6 72 3.1 -42.8 212 37 342.8 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.26 17 200 12415 -54.4 -57.4 69 3.0 -54.5 214 32 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14210 -62.4 -74.1 19 11.7 -62.5 233 38 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16698 -63.8 -83.5 5 19.7 -64.0 265 14 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.03 m Freezing level: 585.01 mb = 4652.44 m = 15263.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.29 mb = 4121.76 m = 13522.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.59 mb = 529.10 m = 1735.88 ft T: 24.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 20.21 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1600.60 m = 5251.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.17 mb = 1176.36 m = 3859.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.17 mb = 2695.51 m = 8843.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.17 mb = 12343.91 m = 40497.91 ft B at Equ Level: 784.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.17 mb = 14986.48 m = 49167.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 69.94 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s