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,-86.48 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 977 280 28.1 21.1 66 7.0 23.0 218 9 303.3 306.3 297.0 351.8 16.35 2 950 524 25.7 18.6 65 7.1 20.7 228 13 303.3 305.9 295.7 345.8 14.33 3 900 997 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 241 16 303.5 306.1 295.6 345.4 14.13 4 850 1490 17.3 15.7 91 1.5 16.3 258 21 304.3 306.7 295.3 344.0 13.36 5 800 2007 14.3 12.4 88 1.9 13.1 276 29 306.4 308.6 294.5 340.7 11.38 6 750 2552 13.1 6.1 62 7.0 8.9 304 36 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.2 7.91 7 700 3129 8.9 4.0 71 4.9 6.0 308 38 312.3 313.7 293.0 334.9 7.29 8 650 3738 4.2 -0.4 72 4.6 1.8 311 35 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.7 5.72 9 600 4384 -0.2 -6.5 62 6.4 -3.1 315 30 315.9 316.7 291.3 328.5 3.91 10 550 5075 -4.4 -12.1 55 7.7 -7.5 318 28 318.9 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.74 11 500 5819 -9.3 -17.4 52 8.1 -12.1 321 25 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.95 12 450 6625 -14.8 -25.0 42 10.2 -17.5 314 25 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.12 13 400 7504 -21.6 -29.8 48 8.1 -23.3 310 24 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.8 0.81 14 350 8475 -28.5 -35.0 54 6.5 -29.5 311 29 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.56 15 300 9560 -36.8 -43.6 49 6.8 -37.4 322 34 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.6 0.27 16 250 10793 -47.1 -55.4 38 8.2 -47.5 317 29 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12230 -58.7 -61.1 73 2.4 -58.7 296 44 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14019 -60.7 -74.7 14 14.0 -60.9 316 45 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16539 -62.6 -83.8 4 21.2 -62.8 299 20 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.98 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4360.66 m = 14306.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.72 mb = 3968.23 m = 13018.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.26 mb = 1169.07 m = 3835.48 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 23.90 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1573.03 m = 5160.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1930.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.44 mb = 1425.33 m = 4676.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.44 mb = 1885.80 m = 6186.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 781.44 mb = 2205.16 m = 7234.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 761.44 mb = 2424.36 m = 7953.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.4 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 331.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 303.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.86 Bulk Rich Number: 20.34 Bulk Shear: 94.92 m/s