MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 39.05,-86.96 Latitude: 39.05 Longitude: -86.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 993 178 28.2 20.1 62 8.1 22.5 251 10 302.0 304.7 295.8 346.5 15.09 2 950 566 23.7 17.4 68 6.4 19.4 255 15 301.3 303.7 294.4 340.2 13.25 3 900 1036 19.5 16.2 82 3.2 17.3 259 17 301.6 304.0 294.3 339.9 13.01 4 850 1529 19.1 10.7 58 8.4 13.7 273 24 306.1 307.9 293.0 334.8 9.52 5 800 2047 15.9 8.3 61 7.5 11.2 275 29 308.1 309.7 292.9 334.3 8.63 6 750 2592 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.7 268 29 308.7 310.3 292.9 334.5 8.45 7 700 3164 7.0 0.5 63 6.5 3.5 265 30 310.3 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.67 8 650 3769 2.9 -2.0 70 4.9 0.4 269 32 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.2 5.10 9 600 4413 -1.2 -7.6 62 6.4 -4.0 273 29 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.3 3.61 10 550 5101 -5.5 -16.2 43 10.7 -9.3 266 25 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.1 1.96 11 500 5843 -9.3 -16.6 56 7.2 -11.8 259 28 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.7 2.10 12 450 6651 -13.5 -28.3 28 14.8 -17.1 263 28 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.82 13 400 7535 -20.2 -29.4 44 9.2 -22.2 265 28 328.8 328.9 292.2 331.8 0.84 14 350 8509 -27.5 -27.7 98 0.2 -27.5 284 30 331.7 331.9 293.3 335.8 1.13 15 300 9599 -36.2 -36.3 99 0.1 -36.2 285 30 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10835 -46.8 -47.0 98 0.2 -46.8 294 36 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.3 0.22 17 200 12273 -59.1 -61.2 76 2.1 -59.2 318 48 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 18 150 14043 -65.2 -70.5 48 5.3 -65.3 285 32 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.02 19 100 16540 -61.7 -83.5 4 21.8 -62.0 258 21 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.62 m Freezing level: 614.52 mb = 4225.94 m = 13864.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.17 mb = 3829.24 m = 12562.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.72 mb = 1203.11 m = 3947.17 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 12.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2174.04 m = 7132.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 981.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.54 mb = 1362.64 m = 4470.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.54 mb = 2798.60 m = 9181.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.54 mb = 12538.71 m = 41136.99 ft B at Equ Level: 975.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.54 mb = 14851.59 m = 48725.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.8 neg: -13.3 tot: 46.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 41.70 Bulk Shear: 23.55 m/s