MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 41.54,-80.2 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -80.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 967 381 22.5 20.7 89 1.8 21.2 268 5 298.5 301.5 295.6 345.3 16.09 2 950 537 23.4 17.7 70 5.8 19.5 262 13 300.9 303.4 294.4 340.6 13.50 3 900 1007 19.7 16.0 79 3.7 17.2 246 19 301.9 304.2 294.2 339.6 12.81 4 850 1498 15.9 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 235 23 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.2 12.28 5 800 2011 12.7 12.3 97 0.4 12.4 231 28 304.7 306.7 293.9 338.4 11.29 6 750 2552 10.0 7.7 85 2.3 8.6 246 35 307.4 309.1 292.8 334.1 8.80 7 700 3123 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.1 249 40 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.0 7.52 8 650 3725 1.6 0.8 94 0.9 1.1 250 42 310.8 312.0 291.7 330.1 6.23 9 600 4367 -2.0 -6.4 72 4.3 -4.0 248 44 313.8 314.5 290.7 326.4 3.96 10 550 5054 -5.4 -19.5 32 14.1 -9.9 247 44 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.8 1.49 11 500 5796 -9.2 -23.4 31 14.2 -13.3 247 44 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.16 12 450 6603 -14.3 -21.2 56 6.9 -16.3 246 43 325.3 325.6 291.9 330.7 1.57 13 400 7487 -19.6 -19.9 97 0.3 -19.7 249 44 329.6 330.0 293.4 336.5 1.98 14 350 8468 -25.5 -26.5 92 1.0 -25.8 260 30 334.4 334.6 294.0 338.9 1.26 15 300 9566 -34.3 -39.8 57 5.5 -35.0 247 30 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.5 0.40 16 250 10810 -45.6 -47.1 84 1.5 -45.7 254 41 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.1 0.22 17 200 12254 -58.7 -59.3 93 0.5 -58.7 271 55 339.7 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 18 150 14033 -60.2 -74.5 14 14.3 -60.4 250 34 366.3 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16542 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.4 259 27 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.88 m Freezing level: 627.82 mb = 4010.00 m = 13156.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3863.66 m = 12675.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.68 mb = 613.42 m = 2012.52 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1564.06 m = 5131.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 634.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.11 mb = 1356.31 m = 4449.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.11 mb = 1915.36 m = 6283.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.11 mb = 12281.09 m = 40291.79 ft B at Equ Level: 626.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.11 mb = 14070.21 m = 46161.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 9.16 Bulk Shear: 69.28 m/s