MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 39.73,-85.17 Latitude: 39.73 Longitude: -85.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 982 309 26.6 19.6 65 7.0 21.6 235 15 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.6 14.74 2 950 603 23.1 17.1 69 6.0 18.9 237 24 300.6 303.0 294.0 338.7 12.98 3 900 1072 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.8 239 26 300.9 303.2 293.9 338.2 12.72 4 850 1560 15.0 13.6 91 1.4 14.1 244 30 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.1 11.58 5 800 2073 12.4 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 249 35 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.4 10.05 6 750 2612 9.2 6.9 86 2.3 7.9 251 33 306.6 308.2 292.3 332.0 8.38 7 700 3182 6.5 2.4 75 4.1 4.2 254 34 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.7 6.49 8 650 3787 3.0 -0.8 76 3.8 1.1 251 37 312.4 313.5 291.7 329.9 5.57 9 600 4432 -0.7 -2.5 87 1.8 -1.6 249 35 315.3 316.4 292.3 332.2 5.31 10 550 5124 -4.1 -6.2 85 2.1 -5.1 251 35 319.2 320.1 292.6 333.4 4.38 11 500 5871 -7.7 -9.4 87 1.7 -8.4 255 29 323.7 324.4 293.3 336.1 3.75 12 450 6685 -12.2 -14.1 85 2.0 -12.9 263 28 327.9 328.5 293.7 337.6 2.85 13 400 7575 -18.2 -19.4 90 1.3 -18.6 272 32 331.4 331.8 294.0 338.6 2.05 14 350 8558 -25.5 -26.2 94 0.7 -25.6 271 32 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.0 1.28 15 300 9657 -34.4 -34.8 96 0.4 -34.4 267 34 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.5 0.67 16 250 10902 -45.3 -46.7 85 1.4 -45.4 259 37 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.7 0.23 17 200 12349 -57.9 -58.6 93 0.6 -57.9 234 39 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 14104 -70.2 -71.5 83 1.3 -70.2 264 54 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 19 100 16553 -65.3 -82.7 7 17.4 -65.4 251 32 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.88 m Freezing level: 609.13 mb = 4314.35 m = 14154.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.07 mb = 4038.26 m = 13248.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.96 mb = 1196.51 m = 3925.50 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1480.19 m = 4856.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.70 mb = 1374.39 m = 4509.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.70 mb = 1623.29 m = 5325.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.70 mb = 9569.66 m = 31396.13 ft B at Equ Level: 186.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.70 mb = 13570.73 m = 44522.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.0 neg: -0.7 tot: 104.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 10.35 Bulk Shear: 18.07 m/s