MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 40.12,-89.10 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 996 206 27.6 8.4 30 19.2 16.0 166 3 301.1 302.4 289.3 321.9 6.97 2 950 617 22.6 6.2 34 16.5 13.1 148 4 300.2 301.3 288.3 318.8 6.26 3 900 1083 18.1 5.2 43 12.9 10.8 130 4 300.2 301.3 288.3 318.6 6.19 4 850 1569 13.4 4.3 54 9.2 8.4 117 4 300.2 301.3 288.2 318.5 6.13 5 800 2075 8.6 2.9 67 5.7 5.6 109 4 300.4 301.4 288.1 318.0 5.91 6 750 2605 4.9 -2.7 58 7.6 1.3 113 3 301.9 302.6 286.9 314.5 4.18 7 700 3165 2.7 -11.7 34 14.4 -2.9 269 3 305.5 305.9 286.2 312.5 2.23 8 650 3761 -0.8 -10.2 49 9.4 -4.6 287 5 308.1 308.6 287.6 316.7 2.71 9 600 4396 -4.2 -6.7 83 2.5 -5.3 319 7 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.4 3.85 10 550 5078 -8.0 -10.4 83 2.3 -8.9 334 10 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.8 3.16 11 500 5812 -12.4 -16.8 69 4.5 -13.9 333 13 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.8 2.05 12 450 6610 -17.2 -26.9 43 9.7 -19.5 333 19 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.94 13 400 7481 -23.9 -34.5 37 10.6 -25.6 322 18 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.51 14 350 8442 -30.8 -47.4 18 16.6 -32.3 322 24 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.15 15 300 9515 -40.3 -45.2 59 5.0 -40.6 314 27 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.22 16 250 10729 -50.9 -53.4 75 2.5 -51.0 309 29 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 17 200 12157 -56.0 -64.5 34 8.5 -56.1 325 22 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13984 -57.1 -78.7 5 21.5 -57.4 322 29 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.01 19 100 16536 -59.0 -84.6 2 25.6 -59.3 319 11 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.13 m Freezing level: 660.87 mb = 3631.09 m = 11912.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.97 mb = 2769.07 m = 9084.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.63 mb = 2586.81 m = 8486.80 ft T: 4.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3307.59 m = 10851.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.54 C Showalter Index: 4.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.83 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8198.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.42 mb = 2654.39 m = 8708.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.2 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 2.2 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.8 neg: -7.9 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 12.51 m/s