MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.07,-86.38 Latitude: 40.07 Longitude: -86.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 986 272 25.4 16.2 57 9.2 19.2 290 7 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.3 11.83 2 950 597 22.4 11.8 51 10.6 15.7 292 12 300.0 301.6 290.9 327.1 9.21 3 900 1064 18.1 10.8 62 7.3 13.6 289 15 300.1 301.8 290.8 326.8 9.07 4 850 1550 13.6 9.7 77 3.9 11.2 286 17 300.4 302.0 290.7 326.7 8.92 5 800 2057 9.6 7.0 84 2.6 8.0 290 20 301.3 302.8 290.2 324.7 7.88 6 750 2590 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.1 295 24 302.5 303.7 289.2 321.4 6.30 7 700 3150 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.6 298 26 303.7 304.7 288.9 320.5 5.55 8 650 3743 -2.3 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.6 317 28 306.3 307.2 289.0 320.9 4.75 9 600 4375 -5.8 -9.1 77 3.3 -7.1 325 25 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.6 3.21 10 550 5053 -9.2 -14.7 64 5.5 -11.1 328 24 313.2 313.6 288.9 320.4 2.23 11 500 5784 -13.4 -35.6 14 22.2 -17.5 328 24 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.0 0.37 12 450 6577 -18.7 -43.8 9 25.0 -22.1 331 27 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.18 13 400 7445 -24.3 -50.8 7 26.5 -26.8 344 38 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.09 14 350 8402 -32.4 -48.8 18 16.3 -33.7 338 39 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.5 0.13 15 300 9468 -41.4 -51.9 31 10.5 -42.0 326 48 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.11 16 250 10682 -48.0 -58.4 29 10.4 -48.4 315 58 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12137 -53.3 -64.8 23 11.5 -53.6 309 62 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.03 18 150 13965 -56.7 -78.5 5 21.8 -57.0 321 52 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16511 -58.4 -85.2 2 26.7 -58.8 320 32 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.46 m Freezing level: 684.19 mb = 3337.28 m = 10948.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.60 mb = 3257.89 m = 10688.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.41 mb = 1426.44 m = 4679.88 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.18 mb = 2003.33 m = 6572.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.71 mb = 1853.49 m = 6080.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.71 mb = 2216.52 m = 7271.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.71 mb = 9586.39 m = 31451.02 ft B at Equ Level: 340.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.71 mb = 11377.43 m = 37327.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.6 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 340.6 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 16.71 Bulk Shear: 20.63 m/s