MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 42.71,-82.91 Latitude: 42.71 Longitude: -82.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 984 212 23.3 19.1 78 4.1 20.4 204 11 297.8 300.4 294.1 339.3 14.33 2 950 514 20.0 17.6 86 2.3 18.4 210 21 297.5 299.9 293.4 336.5 13.48 3 900 979 18.2 14.4 79 3.7 15.7 226 23 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.1 11.56 4 850 1468 16.2 11.5 74 4.7 13.2 239 26 303.1 304.9 292.5 333.0 10.07 5 800 1982 12.9 8.6 75 4.3 10.3 242 36 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.2 8.78 6 750 2521 8.9 5.6 80 3.3 7.0 243 45 306.2 307.6 291.5 329.3 7.63 7 700 3089 5.1 3.4 89 1.7 4.2 242 51 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.5 7.00 8 650 3691 1.3 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 238 51 310.5 311.7 291.8 330.3 6.42 9 600 4332 -2.0 -2.1 99 0.2 -2.0 237 53 313.8 314.9 292.0 331.1 5.46 10 550 5021 -5.2 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 241 53 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.6 4.58 11 500 5766 -8.8 -9.3 95 0.6 -9.0 242 50 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.8 3.77 12 450 6576 -13.5 -14.0 96 0.5 -13.7 254 47 326.3 326.9 293.3 336.1 2.89 13 400 7462 -19.1 -19.6 96 0.5 -19.3 255 43 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.2 2.03 14 350 8443 -25.9 -26.3 97 0.3 -26.0 249 44 333.8 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.28 15 300 9540 -34.4 -35.8 87 1.4 -34.6 250 52 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.60 16 250 10784 -45.6 -46.4 92 0.8 -45.7 258 53 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.24 17 200 12226 -59.1 -59.2 99 0.1 -59.1 276 62 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.07 18 150 13997 -61.4 -74.8 15 13.5 -61.5 264 40 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16507 -61.6 -84.0 4 22.4 -61.9 253 27 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.85 m Freezing level: 629.91 mb = 3948.80 m = 12955.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.95 mb = 3929.41 m = 12891.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.40 mb = 730.38 m = 2396.24 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1707.12 m = 5600.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 34.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.85 mb = 1076.25 m = 3530.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.85 mb = 2467.17 m = 8094.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.85 mb = 6326.02 m = 20754.39 ft B at Equ Level: 166.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.85 mb = 9893.59 m = 32458.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.1 neg: -3.9 tot: 192.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.60 Bulk Shear: 104.41 m/s