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: 40.19,-86.18 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 258 26.8 20.7 69 6.1 22.4 214 7 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.4 15.85 2 950 525 24.1 18.7 72 5.4 20.4 228 11 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.2 14.43 3 900 996 20.0 17.7 87 2.3 18.4 243 15 302.1 304.7 295.3 344.2 14.26 4 850 1487 16.3 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 264 22 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.4 13.18 5 800 2003 15.3 10.7 74 4.6 12.3 287 29 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.1 10.14 6 750 2549 13.2 6.0 62 7.1 8.9 304 35 310.9 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.87 7 700 3126 9.0 3.5 68 5.5 5.8 308 35 312.4 313.8 292.9 334.3 7.03 8 650 3735 4.3 -1.9 64 6.2 1.1 312 35 313.9 314.8 291.7 330.1 5.14 9 600 4381 -0.3 -6.3 64 6.0 -3.1 316 32 315.8 316.5 291.3 328.5 3.97 10 550 5072 -4.3 -12.4 53 8.1 -7.5 318 30 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.8 2.67 11 500 5817 -9.2 -17.6 51 8.3 -12.1 319 28 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.93 12 450 6622 -15.2 -22.8 53 7.5 -17.3 317 26 324.1 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.36 13 400 7500 -21.6 -29.9 47 8.3 -23.3 315 25 327.0 327.1 291.7 329.8 0.80 14 350 8471 -28.5 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.7 312 28 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.43 15 300 9556 -37.0 -45.4 41 8.4 -37.7 321 31 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.22 16 250 10788 -47.3 -55.7 38 8.4 -47.6 321 29 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.08 17 200 12225 -58.5 -61.3 71 2.7 -58.6 299 44 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 14014 -60.4 -75.0 13 14.6 -60.6 317 44 365.9 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16536 -62.4 -83.8 4 21.4 -62.6 297 20 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.87 m Freezing level: 603.36 mb = 4337.88 m = 14231.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.57 mb = 3903.65 m = 12807.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 1031.90 m = 3385.47 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 20.62 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1361.59 m = 4467.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1651.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.74 mb = 1230.65 m = 4037.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.74 mb = 3117.05 m = 10226.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.74 mb = 12854.95 m = 42174.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1608.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.74 mb = 15363.84 m = 50405.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 274.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 16.98 Bulk Shear: 97.25 m/s