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,-86.34 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 978 272 27.4 21.0 68 6.4 22.8 218 7 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.6 16.25 2 950 525 25.0 18.7 68 6.2 20.6 229 12 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.3 14.46 3 900 997 20.7 17.6 82 3.1 18.6 243 16 302.9 305.5 295.5 345.0 14.25 4 850 1490 16.9 15.7 92 1.2 16.1 261 22 303.9 306.3 295.1 343.4 13.29 5 800 2006 14.8 11.7 82 3.1 12.8 281 29 306.9 308.9 294.2 339.7 10.87 6 750 2552 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.9 304 36 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.2 7.90 7 700 3128 8.9 4.0 72 4.8 6.1 308 37 312.3 313.7 293.0 335.0 7.31 8 650 3737 4.2 -0.9 69 5.1 1.5 312 35 313.7 314.8 292.0 331.2 5.53 9 600 4384 -0.3 -6.4 63 6.1 -3.1 316 31 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.95 10 550 5075 -4.4 -12.2 54 7.8 -7.5 318 29 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.73 11 500 5819 -9.2 -17.5 51 8.3 -12.1 320 26 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.93 12 450 6625 -15.0 -23.9 46 9.0 -17.4 315 25 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.23 13 400 7503 -21.7 -29.6 49 7.9 -23.3 312 24 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.8 0.82 14 350 8474 -28.5 -36.0 49 7.5 -29.6 311 28 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.51 15 300 9559 -36.9 -44.3 46 7.4 -37.5 322 33 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.25 16 250 10792 -47.2 -55.7 37 8.5 -47.6 320 29 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 17 200 12229 -58.6 -61.3 70 2.8 -58.6 298 44 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 14018 -60.5 -74.9 13 14.4 -60.7 317 45 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16538 -62.6 -83.8 4 21.2 -62.8 298 20 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.57 m Freezing level: 602.96 mb = 4345.39 m = 14256.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3947.12 m = 12949.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.11 mb = 1082.83 m = 3552.54 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 22.68 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1462.01 m = 4796.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.90 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1847.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.00 mb = 1328.99 m = 4360.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.00 mb = 2997.96 m = 9835.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.00 mb = 12849.40 m = 42156.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1816.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.00 mb = 15889.19 m = 52129.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 332.6 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 292.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 19.46 Bulk Shear: 94.96 m/s