MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 39.51,-85.40 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -85.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 976 289 24.7 20.2 76 4.5 21.5 343 5 299.9 302.7 295.6 345.1 15.48 2 950 528 23.5 17.1 67 6.4 19.1 324 7 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.4 13.04 3 900 999 20.9 15.2 70 5.7 17.1 224 9 303.0 305.3 294.1 339.1 12.18 4 850 1492 17.4 13.3 77 4.1 14.7 210 19 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.3 11.39 5 800 2007 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 212 23 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.7 10.51 6 750 2547 9.1 8.8 98 0.3 8.9 213 27 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.2 9.53 7 700 3116 5.4 3.9 90 1.5 4.5 215 37 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.6 7.24 8 650 3719 2.2 -2.4 72 4.6 -0.1 223 40 311.4 312.4 290.8 326.9 4.93 9 600 4362 -0.8 -9.6 51 8.8 -4.6 232 38 315.1 315.7 290.3 325.1 3.08 10 550 5053 -4.8 -14.6 46 9.7 -8.5 236 38 318.3 318.8 290.5 325.8 2.24 11 500 5797 -9.0 -15.2 61 6.2 -11.3 234 41 322.0 322.5 291.7 329.9 2.34 12 450 6607 -12.8 -16.0 77 3.2 -13.9 240 45 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.6 2.45 13 400 7498 -17.9 -18.5 95 0.6 -18.1 251 48 331.7 332.2 294.2 339.5 2.23 14 350 8484 -24.9 -25.2 97 0.4 -25.0 258 55 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.3 1.40 15 300 9585 -33.8 -35.2 87 1.4 -34.0 261 55 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.2 0.64 16 250 10833 -44.7 -45.7 90 0.9 -44.8 262 52 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.6 0.26 17 200 12282 -57.6 -59.4 80 1.8 -57.7 267 59 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 14062 -61.0 -74.5 15 13.5 -61.2 258 41 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16554 -64.3 -82.5 7 18.2 -64.5 252 25 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.12 m Freezing level: 613.94 mb = 4182.95 m = 13723.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.05 mb = 3705.69 m = 12157.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.13 mb = 853.91 m = 2801.49 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 20.05 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1838.47 m = 6031.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.65 mb = 1474.85 m = 4838.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.65 mb = 2147.74 m = 7046.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.65 mb = 7941.82 m = 26055.51 ft B at Equ Level: 349.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.65 mb = 13410.63 m = 43997.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 160.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 2.87 Bulk Shear: 121.55 m/s