MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508290000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 44.57,-83.67 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -83.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 993 255 25.1 8.4 35 16.7 15.1 145 6 298.8 300.1 288.5 319.4 6.97 2 950 641 19.7 6.5 42 13.2 12.1 157 8 297.2 298.3 287.4 316.0 6.41 3 900 1103 15.2 5.5 52 9.7 9.8 167 6 297.2 298.4 287.3 315.8 6.31 4 850 1583 10.8 4.4 64 6.4 7.3 174 5 297.5 298.6 287.3 315.6 6.16 5 800 2085 6.5 2.2 74 4.4 4.3 166 4 298.1 299.1 287.0 314.7 5.60 6 750 2612 3.6 -2.4 65 6.0 0.8 93 3 300.5 301.3 286.5 313.4 4.27 7 700 3169 1.1 -10.1 43 11.2 -3.3 75 4 303.7 304.2 285.9 311.6 2.53 8 650 3762 -1.2 -20.0 23 18.7 -7.1 82 4 307.6 307.8 285.9 311.5 1.20 9 600 4396 -4.3 -26.6 16 22.3 -10.1 110 5 311.1 311.3 286.6 313.6 0.73 10 550 5076 -8.5 -27.4 20 18.9 -13.1 126 8 314.0 314.2 287.6 316.6 0.74 11 500 5808 -13.6 -31.8 20 18.3 -17.3 118 11 316.5 316.6 288.2 318.4 0.53 12 450 6600 -19.1 -44.5 9 25.4 -22.4 140 16 319.2 319.3 288.7 319.9 0.16 13 400 7463 -26.6 -44.7 16 18.2 -28.5 133 14 320.4 320.5 289.1 321.1 0.18 14 350 8411 -34.5 -47.4 26 12.9 -35.5 118 13 322.2 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.15 15 300 9468 -43.2 -49.1 52 5.9 -43.5 92 11 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.1 0.15 16 250 10673 -51.5 -56.1 58 4.6 -51.6 89 10 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.8 0.08 17 200 12097 -57.7 -62.5 54 4.8 -57.8 36 10 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13927 -55.7 -79.2 4 23.5 -56.0 47 12 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.01 19 100 16497 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.7 324 5 419.1 419.1 307.6 419.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.75 m Freezing level: 676.34 mb = 3449.82 m = 11318.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.47 mb = 2715.00 m = 8907.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.90 % Est. max temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.71 mb = 2326.05 m = 7631.30 ft T: 5.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.85 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.02 mb = 2709.08 m = 8887.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: 4.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: 5.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 17.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 73.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8208.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.97 mb = 2302.28 m = 7553.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.3 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 158.3 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -0.5 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.58 Bulk Shear: 1.25 m/s