MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.00,-85.62 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -85.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 988 253 21.6 16.3 72 5.3 18.1 259 9 295.8 297.9 291.7 330.0 11.87 2 950 590 19.1 11.8 62 7.3 14.6 275 16 296.6 298.3 289.8 323.3 9.19 3 900 1051 14.9 10.5 75 4.4 12.2 290 18 296.9 298.5 289.6 322.7 8.87 4 850 1532 10.9 8.8 87 2.1 9.7 302 20 297.6 299.1 289.4 322.0 8.38 5 800 2036 7.4 6.9 97 0.5 7.1 310 22 299.0 300.4 289.3 322.0 7.81 6 750 2565 4.2 2.7 90 1.5 3.4 318 26 301.2 302.3 288.6 319.7 6.23 7 700 3125 1.7 -4.4 64 6.2 -1.1 323 30 304.4 305.1 287.6 316.5 3.93 8 650 3718 -1.6 -13.1 41 11.5 -5.8 326 27 307.2 307.6 286.7 314.0 2.14 9 600 4351 -5.1 -18.6 34 13.4 -9.4 331 25 310.2 310.5 287.1 315.0 1.47 10 550 5028 -9.5 -24.7 28 15.2 -13.4 333 28 312.9 313.0 287.4 316.0 0.94 11 500 5757 -14.9 -28.0 32 13.1 -17.8 332 31 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.5 0.76 12 450 6547 -18.9 -34.7 23 15.8 -21.7 347 35 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.44 13 400 7413 -24.9 -45.1 14 20.2 -27.2 349 43 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.2 0.17 14 350 8368 -32.9 -48.9 19 16.0 -34.1 350 47 324.4 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.13 15 300 9432 -41.7 -51.2 35 9.5 -42.2 345 52 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 16 250 10640 -50.9 -57.4 46 6.5 -51.1 338 53 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.07 17 200 12080 -52.8 -65.4 20 12.6 -53.1 328 60 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 13921 -57.3 -77.5 6 20.2 -57.6 316 56 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16490 -57.6 -85.4 2 27.8 -57.9 309 30 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.37 m Freezing level: 674.01 mb = 3433.17 m = 11263.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.12 mb = 2985.33 m = 9794.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.25 mb = 926.62 m = 3040.07 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1572.61 m = 5159.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 28.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.86 mb = 1435.44 m = 4709.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.86 mb = 1781.78 m = 5845.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.86 mb = 6303.16 m = 20679.40 ft B at Equ Level: 78.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.86 mb = 7877.51 m = 25844.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 350.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 131.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 47.66 m/s