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: 40.12,-84.14 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 976 307 25.0 20.4 76 4.6 21.8 282 7 300.3 303.1 295.8 346.2 15.69 2 950 540 23.3 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 270 12 300.9 303.3 294.4 340.3 13.43 3 900 1010 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.2 244 15 301.7 304.1 294.2 339.4 12.79 4 850 1501 16.3 13.7 84 2.6 14.6 232 24 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.7 11.64 5 800 2015 13.2 10.5 84 2.7 11.5 236 34 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.3 10.03 6 750 2555 9.2 7.6 89 1.6 8.2 240 37 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.1 8.76 7 700 3124 5.4 2.6 82 2.8 3.9 239 41 308.5 309.7 291.4 328.8 6.62 8 650 3727 2.1 -1.9 75 3.9 0.1 236 46 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.4 5.14 9 600 4369 -1.8 -7.7 64 6.0 -4.4 235 48 314.1 314.7 290.4 325.5 3.56 10 550 5056 -5.4 -18.7 34 13.3 -9.8 240 47 317.6 317.9 289.6 323.0 1.58 11 500 5798 -9.4 -25.9 25 16.6 -13.8 236 43 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.92 12 450 6604 -14.7 -22.7 50 8.0 -17.0 236 47 324.8 325.0 291.6 329.5 1.37 13 400 7489 -19.1 -19.9 93 0.8 -19.3 245 48 330.2 330.6 293.6 337.1 1.98 14 350 8473 -24.9 -25.1 98 0.2 -24.9 256 35 335.2 335.5 294.4 340.4 1.43 15 300 9574 -33.8 -34.5 93 0.7 -33.8 252 43 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.68 16 250 10822 -44.9 -47.3 77 2.4 -45.0 249 42 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.22 17 200 12269 -58.4 -58.9 93 0.5 -58.4 256 49 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 14048 -60.4 -74.8 13 14.4 -60.6 251 38 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16548 -64.0 -82.6 6 18.7 -64.1 251 28 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.08 m Freezing level: 623.12 mb = 4072.01 m = 13359.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.12 mb = 3737.90 m = 12263.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.88 mb = 886.75 m = 2909.25 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1638.18 m = 5374.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 550.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.20 mb = 1338.63 m = 4391.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.20 mb = 2107.58 m = 6914.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.20 mb = 11329.09 m = 37168.49 ft B at Equ Level: 550.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.20 mb = 13998.95 m = 45927.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 102.00 m/s