MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 6Z WED 10 SEP 25 Station: 42.41,-83.62 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -83.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 990 266 19.5 16.8 84 2.7 17.7 228 9 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.5 12.25 2 950 618 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 232 26 295.7 297.8 291.6 329.8 11.86 3 900 1081 16.4 14.1 86 2.3 14.9 232 36 298.4 300.5 292.1 331.4 11.32 4 850 1566 13.8 12.3 90 1.6 12.9 230 38 300.6 302.6 292.2 331.8 10.61 5 800 2076 10.9 10.2 96 0.7 10.4 235 37 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.9 9.82 6 750 2613 8.2 7.6 96 0.6 7.8 241 36 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.9 8.77 7 700 3181 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 242 35 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.5 7.39 8 650 3782 1.2 1.1 99 0.1 1.1 243 34 310.3 311.5 291.7 330.0 6.37 9 600 4424 -1.5 -1.6 99 0.1 -1.6 245 33 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.3 5.67 10 550 5114 -4.7 -5.3 96 0.6 -5.0 248 34 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.7 4.71 11 500 5860 -8.7 -9.3 95 0.6 -8.9 246 35 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.9 3.78 12 450 6670 -13.7 -14.0 98 0.3 -13.8 246 36 326.1 326.6 293.3 335.8 2.89 13 400 7556 -19.0 -20.1 91 1.0 -19.3 239 41 330.3 330.7 293.6 337.1 1.94 14 350 8538 -25.3 -27.8 80 2.5 -25.9 239 53 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.7 1.11 15 300 9637 -33.9 -37.2 72 3.3 -34.3 242 59 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.6 0.52 16 250 10886 -44.8 -45.9 89 1.1 -44.9 241 64 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.25 17 200 12334 -58.0 -59.4 83 1.5 -58.0 254 70 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 18 150 14106 -67.7 -69.7 76 2.0 -67.7 246 56 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.02 19 100 16553 -65.2 -83.7 6 18.5 -65.3 253 27 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.70 m Freezing level: 627.84 mb = 4066.82 m = 13342.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.98 mb = 4045.90 m = 13273.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.01 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.42 mb = 613.98 m = 2014.35 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1574.08 m = 5164.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.91 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4966.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.74 mb = 1035.78 m = 3398.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 142.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 25.76 m/s