MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 38.80,-87.90 Latitude: 38.80 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 996 145 22.2 19.1 82 3.1 20.1 169 8 295.7 298.2 293.3 336.1 14.07 2 950 557 18.7 16.3 86 2.3 17.1 178 15 296.1 298.4 292.2 331.9 12.40 3 900 1019 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 195 15 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.2 11.60 4 850 1503 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 215 14 299.6 301.5 291.8 330.3 10.48 5 800 2012 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 239 14 302.4 304.0 291.2 328.0 8.60 6 750 2547 7.4 4.8 84 2.6 5.9 252 14 304.6 305.9 290.7 326.3 7.22 7 700 3112 3.7 1.0 83 2.7 2.3 253 13 306.6 307.7 290.2 324.6 5.89 8 650 3711 0.1 -2.7 81 2.8 -1.3 255 13 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.0 4.82 9 600 4348 -3.8 -6.2 83 2.4 -4.8 257 12 311.7 312.5 290.1 324.4 4.01 10 550 5030 -7.8 -10.7 80 2.9 -9.0 262 12 314.8 315.4 290.2 324.7 3.07 11 500 5765 -12.4 -15.1 80 2.7 -13.3 280 13 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.8 2.37 12 450 6562 -17.5 -19.8 82 2.4 -18.1 299 14 321.3 321.6 290.9 327.3 1.76 13 400 7434 -23.6 -25.9 81 2.3 -24.1 303 17 324.4 324.6 291.3 328.4 1.16 14 350 8395 -31.1 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.5 305 22 326.8 327.0 291.5 329.0 0.60 15 300 9468 -39.7 -42.8 72 3.1 -40.0 315 26 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.5 0.29 16 250 10688 -48.8 -53.2 60 4.4 -49.0 292 18 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.11 17 200 12134 -53.8 -67.7 17 14.0 -54.1 297 25 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13974 -55.3 -79.4 3 24.1 -55.6 298 25 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16525 -61.0 -84.3 3 23.3 -61.3 280 24 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.08 m Freezing level: 648.86 mb = 3725.00 m = 12221.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.76 mb = 3492.88 m = 11459.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.69 mb = 541.57 m = 1776.79 ft T: 18.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 1000.88 m = 3283.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.05 C = 75.30 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 34.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.21 mb = 866.70 m = 2843.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.21 mb = 1294.67 m = 4247.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.21 mb = 10143.03 m = 33277.25 ft B at Equ Level: 548.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.21 mb = 12421.21 m = 40751.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 69.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 20.82 Bulk Shear: 26.36 m/s