MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 40.05,-86.26 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 978 268 27.0 21.0 70 6.0 22.7 218 7 302.1 305.0 296.6 349.9 16.19 2 950 526 24.6 18.8 70 5.8 20.5 230 12 302.1 304.8 295.5 345.0 14.52 3 900 997 20.4 17.7 84 2.7 18.5 244 16 302.5 305.2 295.4 344.8 14.30 4 850 1489 16.7 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 263 23 303.6 306.1 295.0 343.0 13.25 5 800 2005 15.0 11.3 78 3.7 12.6 284 29 307.1 309.1 294.1 339.0 10.56 6 750 2551 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.9 305 35 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.2 7.90 7 700 3128 8.9 4.0 72 4.8 6.1 308 36 312.3 313.7 293.0 335.0 7.32 8 650 3737 4.2 -1.2 68 5.4 1.4 312 35 313.8 314.8 291.9 330.8 5.41 9 600 4383 -0.3 -6.3 64 6.0 -3.1 316 31 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.5 3.97 10 550 5074 -4.4 -12.2 54 7.9 -7.5 318 29 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.72 11 500 5818 -9.2 -17.6 50 8.4 -12.1 320 27 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.4 1.92 12 450 6624 -15.0 -23.4 49 8.3 -17.3 316 26 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.8 1.29 13 400 7503 -21.7 -29.5 49 7.8 -23.3 314 25 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.8 0.83 14 350 8473 -28.5 -36.6 46 8.1 -29.7 312 28 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.48 15 300 9558 -37.0 -44.8 44 7.8 -37.7 322 32 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.24 16 250 10790 -47.3 -55.9 37 8.6 -47.6 321 30 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 17 200 12228 -58.5 -61.4 69 3.0 -58.6 299 44 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 14017 -60.4 -75.0 13 14.6 -60.6 317 44 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16538 -62.6 -83.8 4 21.2 -62.8 297 20 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.20 m Freezing level: 603.58 mb = 4336.97 m = 14228.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.20 mb = 3935.74 m = 12912.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.07 mb = 1034.97 m = 3395.54 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 21.95 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1414.42 m = 4640.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1796.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.36 mb = 1275.64 m = 4185.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.36 mb = 3052.43 m = 10014.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.36 mb = 12667.27 m = 41558.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1785.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.36 mb = 15595.85 m = 51166.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 287.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.65 Bulk Rich Number: 18.90 Bulk Shear: 95.05 m/s