MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.03,-82.97 Latitude: 40.03 Longitude: -82.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 981 259 26.7 18.9 62 7.8 21.2 282 9 301.5 304.1 295.0 343.0 14.11 2 950 541 25.2 18.1 65 7.2 20.2 283 21 302.8 305.3 295.2 343.8 13.85 3 900 1014 21.3 16.3 73 5.0 17.9 274 28 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.3 13.06 4 850 1508 18.2 13.8 76 4.4 15.3 252 30 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.4 11.77 5 800 2025 14.5 10.7 78 3.8 12.1 247 31 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.2 10.15 6 750 2568 11.0 6.3 73 4.7 8.2 260 31 308.5 310.0 292.5 333.0 8.02 7 700 3140 7.0 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 267 33 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.7 6.96 8 650 3745 2.8 -2.6 67 5.5 0.1 272 31 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.4 4.84 9 600 4389 -0.8 -10.1 49 9.2 -4.7 273 31 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.8 2.96 10 550 5078 -5.0 -11.8 59 6.8 -7.7 274 36 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.82 11 500 5822 -9.2 -11.9 80 2.8 -10.3 279 38 321.9 322.5 292.3 332.0 3.06 12 450 6630 -13.5 -18.7 65 5.2 -15.2 279 34 326.2 326.6 292.5 332.9 1.94 13 400 7516 -19.5 -27.0 52 7.4 -21.3 280 33 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.4 1.05 14 350 8494 -26.5 -33.4 52 6.9 -27.7 276 41 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.4 0.65 15 300 9587 -35.5 -42.6 48 7.1 -36.2 291 47 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.6 0.30 16 250 10825 -46.8 -52.2 54 5.4 -47.1 281 39 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12261 -59.2 -62.1 69 2.9 -59.2 299 39 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 18 150 14034 -64.6 -70.9 42 6.3 -64.6 288 38 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.02 19 100 16538 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.8 -62.1 267 24 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.87 m Freezing level: 611.30 mb = 4243.27 m = 13921.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.18 mb = 3755.13 m = 12319.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.49 mb = 1252.28 m = 4108.49 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.71 mb = 1942.74 m = 6373.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.35 mb = 1524.04 m = 5000.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.35 mb = 2530.09 m = 8300.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.35 mb = 12796.24 m = 41981.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.35 mb = 15241.51 m = 50004.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.9 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 298.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: -25.4 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 43.86 Bulk Shear: 26.39 m/s