MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 39.89,-85.22 Latitude: 39.89 Longitude: -85.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 974 321 22.8 18.6 77 4.2 19.9 251 7 298.2 300.8 294.1 339.0 14.02 2 950 535 20.8 16.1 75 4.7 17.7 250 10 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.8 12.22 3 900 1000 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 248 10 298.6 300.7 292.6 333.1 11.86 4 850 1485 13.2 12.5 96 0.6 12.8 245 10 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.6 10.79 5 800 1994 11.1 7.9 80 3.2 9.2 250 11 303.0 304.5 291.1 327.9 8.36 6 750 2531 8.5 2.8 67 5.7 5.4 257 10 305.8 306.9 290.2 324.8 6.25 7 700 3099 5.4 -1.3 62 6.7 2.0 266 10 308.4 309.4 289.9 323.8 4.97 8 650 3701 2.1 -5.9 55 8.0 -1.6 273 11 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.3 3.78 9 600 4343 -1.3 -11.6 45 10.3 -5.4 281 14 314.6 315.1 289.8 323.2 2.63 10 550 5031 -5.0 -17.8 36 12.8 -9.4 286 15 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.9 1.71 11 500 5774 -9.2 -25.6 25 16.5 -13.6 299 14 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.95 12 450 6582 -13.7 -27.4 30 13.7 -17.1 320 19 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.2 0.89 13 400 7465 -20.7 -34.2 29 13.5 -23.2 312 30 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.0 0.53 14 350 8436 -29.0 -46.2 17 17.2 -30.7 305 25 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.17 15 300 9516 -38.4 -49.4 31 11.0 -39.2 332 12 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.14 16 250 10740 -48.9 -49.3 96 0.4 -49.0 321 32 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 17 200 12162 -60.7 -64.1 64 3.4 -60.7 328 32 336.7 336.7 293.5 336.8 0.03 18 150 13943 -58.5 -77.6 7 19.1 -58.7 299 26 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16490 -60.2 -84.1 3 23.9 -60.5 255 22 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.59 m Freezing level: 619.13 mb = 4097.17 m = 13442.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.31 mb = 3426.62 m = 11242.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.79 mb = 850.62 m = 2790.73 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1262.06 m = 4140.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.91 mb = 1162.95 m = 3815.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.91 mb = 1406.67 m = 4615.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 517.91 mb = 5499.93 m = 18044.16 ft B at Equ Level: 37.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 397.91 mb = 7503.11 m = 24616.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.59 Bulk Shear: 3.55 m/s