MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-85.81 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -85.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 988 266 31.6 16.5 40 15.1 21.2 193 10 305.8 308.0 294.7 341.8 12.02 2 950 618 27.6 14.4 45 13.2 18.8 196 14 305.1 307.2 293.8 337.8 10.92 3 900 1093 23.0 13.4 55 9.6 16.7 199 14 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.83 4 850 1588 18.4 12.1 66 6.4 14.3 204 15 305.5 307.4 293.6 336.9 10.49 5 800 2104 14.0 9.8 76 4.2 11.4 209 17 306.1 307.8 293.0 334.9 9.57 6 750 2645 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 209 18 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.1 8.34 7 700 3215 7.3 -5.7 39 13.0 1.2 207 16 310.6 311.2 289.3 321.8 3.56 8 650 3822 5.0 -17.1 18 22.1 -3.1 202 14 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.7 1.53 9 600 4470 1.4 -17.9 22 19.3 -5.5 211 13 317.7 318.0 289.6 323.0 1.55 10 550 5165 -2.7 -16.2 35 13.5 -7.7 226 13 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.4 1.96 11 500 5914 -6.8 -27.6 17 20.9 -12.4 224 12 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.6 0.79 12 450 6729 -11.5 -36.8 10 25.4 -16.6 225 12 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.36 13 400 7621 -17.5 -33.2 24 15.6 -20.8 213 15 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.4 0.58 14 350 8607 -24.3 -42.0 18 17.7 -26.8 196 17 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.1 0.27 15 300 9711 -33.2 -46.3 26 13.1 -34.5 212 11 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.4 0.20 16 250 10962 -43.8 -50.9 45 7.1 -44.2 230 12 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.14 17 200 12420 -55.7 -61.4 49 5.7 -55.9 264 19 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14194 -67.0 -69.8 67 2.8 -67.1 272 15 354.6 354.6 297.7 354.7 0.02 19 100 16628 -67.7 -82.4 11 14.7 -67.8 297 22 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.13 m Freezing level: 583.07 mb = 4705.55 m = 15437.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.26 mb = 3377.59 m = 11081.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.23 mb = 2164.95 m = 7102.78 ft T: 13.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 22.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.68 mb = 2406.40 m = 7894.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 24.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.13 mb = 2261.52 m = 7419.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.13 mb = 2532.76 m = 8309.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.13 mb = 3213.61 m = 10543.22 ft B at Equ Level: 6.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 660.13 mb = 3695.53 m = 12124.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -4.3 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s