MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 40.48,-85.22 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -85.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 978 274 25.0 20.4 76 4.6 21.8 249 9 300.1 302.9 295.7 345.8 15.62 2 950 531 22.8 18.1 75 4.8 19.5 249 16 300.4 302.9 294.6 341.0 13.87 3 900 1000 19.3 15.8 81 3.4 17.0 245 20 301.3 303.7 294.0 338.7 12.67 4 850 1490 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.8 242 23 303.6 305.5 293.1 335.1 10.60 5 800 2005 13.7 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 243 27 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.3 9.50 6 750 2546 9.8 7.3 84 2.5 8.3 248 35 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.1 8.56 7 700 3116 5.8 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 244 40 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.3 7.29 8 650 3720 2.3 -0.1 84 2.4 1.1 243 42 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.87 9 600 4363 -1.2 -4.7 77 3.5 -2.9 244 42 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.1 4.51 10 550 5052 -4.7 -13.2 51 8.6 -8.0 240 39 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.50 11 500 5797 -8.3 -20.4 37 12.1 -12.2 243 42 322.9 323.2 291.2 328.1 1.51 12 450 6608 -12.8 -17.6 68 4.7 -14.5 246 46 327.1 327.5 292.9 334.5 2.14 13 400 7498 -17.8 -20.0 83 2.2 -18.5 249 41 331.9 332.2 294.0 338.7 1.95 14 350 8483 -25.1 -28.6 72 3.5 -25.8 245 43 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.7 1.03 15 300 9582 -33.8 -34.0 98 0.2 -33.8 251 42 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.72 16 250 10832 -44.6 -44.8 98 0.1 -44.6 260 46 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.28 17 200 12279 -58.3 -58.6 96 0.3 -58.3 271 58 340.4 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.07 18 150 14053 -63.4 -72.9 26 9.5 -63.6 268 32 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.8 0.01 19 100 16538 -63.2 -83.1 5 19.9 -63.4 248 28 405.6 405.6 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.47 m Freezing level: 617.00 mb = 4144.33 m = 13596.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.32 mb = 3890.88 m = 12765.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.83 mb = 858.22 m = 2815.63 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.97 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1687.76 m = 5537.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.55 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.10 mb = 1260.38 m = 4135.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.10 mb = 2346.30 m = 7697.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.10 mb = 9626.01 m = 31581.03 ft B at Equ Level: 345.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.10 mb = 13729.11 m = 45042.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.00 Bulk Shear: 49.43 m/s