MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-86.56 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -86.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 244 27.0 20.3 67 6.7 22.2 60 2 300.6 303.4 295.6 345.3 15.24 2 950 647 22.1 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 73 2 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.4 13.29 3 900 1114 17.7 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 83 2 299.7 302.1 293.7 337.6 12.97 4 850 1601 15.0 11.5 80 3.4 12.8 58 1 301.8 303.7 292.2 331.7 10.11 5 800 2113 13.0 6.2 64 6.7 9.0 258 1 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.5 7.46 6 750 2653 10.1 0.3 51 9.8 4.9 261 1 307.5 308.5 289.9 323.6 5.22 7 700 3223 6.5 -4.4 46 10.9 1.3 272 2 309.7 310.4 289.4 322.1 3.94 8 650 3827 3.1 -15.4 24 18.4 -3.8 307 3 312.5 312.8 288.2 318.3 1.78 9 600 4471 -0.4 -20.0 21 19.7 -6.9 347 5 315.7 315.9 288.8 320.1 1.30 10 550 5161 -4.5 -20.2 28 15.8 -9.5 335 7 318.8 319.1 289.8 323.5 1.39 11 500 5906 -8.1 -28.8 17 20.7 -13.4 357 12 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.71 12 450 6715 -13.7 -38.2 11 24.4 -18.2 1 16 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.31 13 400 7599 -19.8 -34.4 26 14.6 -22.5 360 21 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.2 0.52 14 350 8573 -28.2 -40.1 31 11.9 -29.7 350 24 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9656 -37.9 -42.8 60 5.0 -38.3 1 26 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.29 16 250 10887 -47.3 -50.2 72 2.9 -47.4 19 29 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12334 -54.2 -62.2 37 8.0 -54.4 293 28 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14178 -55.9 -77.8 5 22.0 -56.2 253 24 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16712 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 216 9 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.98 m Freezing level: 605.29 mb = 4402.74 m = 14444.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.16 mb = 3374.08 m = 11069.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.84 mb = 1096.28 m = 3596.67 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 27.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1306.66 m = 4286.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 23.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 673.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.86 mb = 1220.15 m = 4003.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.86 mb = 1562.61 m = 5126.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 823.86 mb = 1865.14 m = 6119.14 ft B at Equ Level: 3.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.86 mb = 13611.61 m = 44656.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.8 at 4.0 knts Storm direction: 14.8 at 3.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 293.65 Bulk Shear: 2.29 m/s