MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 40.41,-85.91 Latitude: 40.41 Longitude: -85.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 979 260 23.7 20.9 84 2.8 21.8 176 7 298.7 301.6 295.7 345.7 16.13 2 950 519 24.1 19.9 77 4.2 21.1 199 18 301.6 304.5 296.0 347.4 15.53 3 900 992 22.1 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 240 19 304.2 306.8 295.6 345.2 13.77 4 850 1487 19.5 14.2 72 5.2 16.0 269 26 306.5 308.8 295.0 342.9 12.09 5 800 2007 15.8 11.8 77 4.0 13.1 275 35 308.0 310.0 294.6 341.0 10.92 6 750 2553 12.8 6.1 64 6.7 8.8 292 38 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.8 7.91 7 700 3129 8.9 2.6 65 6.3 5.4 300 36 312.3 313.6 292.5 332.9 6.60 8 650 3738 4.1 1.4 83 2.7 2.6 309 30 313.6 314.9 292.8 334.1 6.54 9 600 4384 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -3.0 310 25 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.9 4.03 10 550 5075 -4.5 -11.6 58 7.1 -7.4 311 18 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.1 2.85 11 500 5820 -8.8 -20.1 39 11.4 -12.3 305 13 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.7 1.55 12 450 6627 -14.4 -24.6 42 10.2 -17.1 303 19 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.2 1.16 13 400 7508 -21.3 -22.9 87 1.6 -21.7 309 23 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.6 1.51 14 350 8479 -28.4 -29.4 92 0.9 -28.6 312 28 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.9 0.96 15 300 9564 -37.2 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.5 310 27 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10797 -47.1 -48.3 87 1.2 -47.1 299 34 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.9 0.19 17 200 12234 -58.6 -60.1 83 1.5 -58.6 301 42 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 18 150 14028 -61.4 -74.7 16 13.3 -61.6 316 39 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16545 -62.3 -83.8 4 21.4 -62.6 306 22 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.53 m Freezing level: 602.21 mb = 4355.84 m = 14290.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4033.28 m = 13232.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.90 mb = 612.45 m = 2009.34 ft T: 23.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1910.14 m = 6266.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1874.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.32 mb = 1282.48 m = 4207.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.32 mb = 2948.19 m = 9672.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.32 mb = 12709.62 m = 41697.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1869.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.32 mb = 15659.80 m = 51376.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.65 Bulk Rich Number: 16.82 Bulk Shear: 111.46 m/s