MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-83.15 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -83.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 995 229 10.7 4.7 67 6.0 7.6 311 5 284.3 285.2 281.0 299.3 5.39 2 950 613 12.4 3.4 54 8.9 7.8 336 12 289.7 290.6 283.2 304.5 5.15 3 900 1064 9.0 1.3 58 7.7 5.2 328 11 290.8 291.6 283.1 304.2 4.66 4 850 1534 5.0 -0.9 66 5.9 2.3 316 13 291.4 292.1 282.8 303.7 4.22 5 800 2026 2.0 -8.1 47 10.1 -2.0 325 17 293.3 293.7 281.7 301.0 2.59 6 750 2544 0.2 -17.4 25 17.6 -5.3 332 17 296.8 297.0 281.7 300.8 1.30 7 700 3094 -2.7 -21.5 22 18.8 -7.9 329 17 299.5 299.7 282.4 302.6 0.98 8 650 3677 -5.8 -25.7 19 19.9 -10.6 329 19 302.4 302.6 283.3 304.8 0.73 9 600 4301 -8.0 -33.9 10 26.0 -13.1 329 23 306.9 306.9 284.6 308.1 0.36 10 550 4973 -11.5 -32.2 16 20.7 -15.6 331 25 310.5 310.6 286.1 312.1 0.47 11 500 5695 -17.4 -33.6 23 16.2 -20.2 332 27 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.5 0.45 12 450 6475 -23.2 -40.0 20 16.8 -25.4 336 30 314.0 314.1 287.1 315.0 0.26 13 400 7324 -30.0 -44.9 22 14.9 -31.3 334 35 316.0 316.1 287.6 316.7 0.17 14 350 8262 -36.2 -50.2 22 14.0 -37.1 335 47 319.9 320.0 288.9 320.4 0.11 15 300 9316 -43.3 -56.3 23 13.0 -43.8 337 59 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.06 16 250 10521 -50.8 -57.6 44 6.8 -51.0 340 72 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.06 17 200 11967 -51.3 -69.6 9 18.3 -51.7 333 54 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 13835 -53.1 -79.8 3 26.7 -53.6 327 40 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16438 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 299 22 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5510.99 m Freezing level: 747.01 mb = 2577.06 m = 8454.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.06 mb = 1795.11 m = 5889.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.69 % Est. max temperature: 17.99 C = 64.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.65 mb = 984.22 m = 3229.02 ft T: 9.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 3.66 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.21 mb = 2638.11 m = 8655.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Cap Strength: 9.55 C Lifted Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Showalter Index: 9.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 16.49 C K Index: 2.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 53.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13244.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.70 mb = 1661.76 m = 5451.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 329.6 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 359.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 12.56 m/s