MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z 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 109 SFC 991 192 23.3 16.5 65 6.8 18.7 160 9 297.3 299.4 292.3 332.0 11.98 2 950 554 19.1 14.9 77 4.2 16.4 161 13 296.6 298.6 291.5 329.1 11.27 3 900 1016 14.8 13.9 94 0.9 14.3 162 13 296.8 298.8 291.5 329.1 11.18 4 850 1498 11.9 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 169 10 298.6 300.5 291.1 327.8 9.99 5 800 2005 9.8 8.6 92 1.2 9.1 200 7 301.6 303.2 291.1 327.8 8.82 6 750 2539 6.1 5.1 93 1.0 5.5 226 8 303.2 304.6 290.3 325.3 7.36 7 700 3101 2.9 -2.2 69 5.1 0.4 239 11 305.7 306.5 288.7 319.9 4.64 8 650 3698 0.0 -11.2 42 11.3 -4.4 241 13 309.0 309.5 287.8 317.0 2.49 9 600 4335 -3.6 -16.4 36 12.8 -8.0 234 15 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.8 1.77 10 550 5017 -7.5 -16.9 47 9.4 -10.6 251 15 315.2 315.5 289.2 321.3 1.85 11 500 5752 -12.2 -15.6 76 3.4 -13.4 270 13 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.26 12 450 6550 -17.3 -22.4 64 5.1 -18.7 297 16 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.4 1.41 13 400 7422 -23.4 -31.7 46 8.3 -24.9 301 22 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.67 14 350 8383 -31.4 -35.9 64 4.5 -32.0 293 24 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 15 300 9454 -40.4 -43.4 73 3.0 -40.6 280 15 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.27 16 250 10669 -49.5 -55.6 49 6.1 -49.7 305 15 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.08 17 200 12118 -53.3 -67.7 16 14.4 -53.6 298 20 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13959 -55.3 -78.7 4 23.4 -55.6 287 26 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.01 19 100 16519 -58.2 -84.4 2 26.2 -58.6 299 12 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.60 m Freezing level: 649.32 mb = 3706.60 m = 12160.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.14 mb = 3145.45 m = 10319.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.98 mb = 1053.64 m = 3456.79 ft T: 14.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1167.25 m = 3829.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.41 C = 74.14 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.46 mb = 1096.22 m = 3596.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.46 mb = 1336.03 m = 4383.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 806.46 mb = 1937.24 m = 6355.69 ft B at Equ Level: 4.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.46 mb = 11311.10 m = 37109.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: -3.6 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.06 Bulk Shear: 21.32 m/s