MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 2 SEP 25 Station: 39.51,-89.25 Latitude: 39.51 Longitude: -89.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 994 192 19.9 10.9 56 8.9 14.4 147 4 293.5 295.0 287.8 317.3 8.27 2 950 579 20.4 8.6 47 11.8 13.4 150 18 297.8 299.2 288.6 319.5 7.38 3 900 1044 18.2 5.2 42 13.0 10.9 165 18 300.3 301.4 288.3 318.6 6.17 4 850 1531 15.0 5.3 52 9.7 9.5 184 18 301.8 303.0 289.2 321.4 6.56 5 800 2041 11.0 4.7 65 6.3 7.4 197 20 302.8 304.1 289.6 322.9 6.68 6 750 2576 7.2 4.1 81 3.0 5.5 210 22 304.3 305.6 290.3 325.0 6.86 7 700 3140 3.2 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 212 13 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.3 6.65 8 650 3737 -0.6 -2.0 90 1.4 -1.3 175 6 308.2 309.2 289.9 323.9 5.08 9 600 4375 -3.6 -6.1 82 2.6 -4.7 218 5 312.0 312.8 290.2 324.8 4.03 10 550 5058 -7.4 -9.3 86 1.9 -8.2 234 10 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.3 3.43 11 500 5794 -12.2 -13.1 93 0.9 -12.5 246 13 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.3 2.79 12 450 6592 -17.3 -20.1 79 2.8 -18.1 270 13 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.3 1.72 13 400 7464 -23.2 -28.6 61 5.4 -24.3 276 16 324.9 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.91 14 350 8428 -30.3 -35.5 60 5.3 -31.0 272 19 327.9 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.53 15 300 9505 -39.0 -43.3 64 4.3 -39.4 258 35 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.28 16 250 10727 -49.0 -54.0 55 5.1 -49.2 259 40 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12161 -56.8 -63.7 41 7.0 -56.9 281 47 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 13993 -54.7 -79.2 3 24.5 -55.1 308 27 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.01 19 100 16543 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 319 22 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.34 m Freezing level: 658.31 mb = 3638.17 m = 11936.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.52 mb = 3547.30 m = 11638.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.18 mb = 1331.12 m = 4367.13 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 0.84 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3042.88 m = 9983.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lifted Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 3.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 17.46 C K Index: 31.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9193.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.95 mb = 2103.67 m = 6901.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.8 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 230.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.3 neg: -7.8 tot: 104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 16.68 m/s