MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 6 SEP 25 Station: 40.26,-83.27 Latitude: 40.26 Longitude: -83.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 976 300 12.4 5.6 63 6.8 8.8 193 10 287.6 288.6 283.0 304.1 5.84 2 950 525 13.1 2.9 50 10.2 7.9 208 26 290.5 291.4 283.3 304.8 4.96 3 900 980 12.5 2.5 51 9.9 7.3 234 39 294.4 295.3 285.1 309.3 5.10 4 850 1457 8.8 2.5 65 6.3 5.6 246 42 295.4 296.4 285.8 311.2 5.41 5 800 1955 4.8 2.0 82 2.9 3.4 255 44 296.3 297.3 286.2 312.5 5.51 6 750 2478 1.3 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 258 45 298.0 298.9 286.7 313.9 5.38 7 700 3032 -1.0 -1.1 100 0.1 -1.0 255 41 301.4 302.3 287.6 316.6 5.05 8 650 3621 -3.8 -4.1 98 0.3 -3.9 248 47 304.7 305.5 288.1 318.0 4.34 9 600 4249 -7.3 -7.5 98 0.2 -7.4 249 50 307.7 308.3 288.4 319.0 3.62 10 550 4922 -11.3 -16.6 65 5.3 -13.0 256 57 310.6 311.0 287.7 316.8 1.89 11 500 5649 -14.1 -33.8 17 19.7 -17.9 259 71 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.4 0.44 12 450 6441 -18.3 -41.1 12 22.8 -21.7 264 81 320.2 320.2 289.0 321.1 0.23 13 400 7313 -22.7 -46.9 9 24.2 -25.5 272 90 325.4 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.14 14 350 8280 -28.7 -50.9 10 22.3 -30.6 276 94 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 15 300 9365 -36.8 -51.0 21 14.2 -37.8 281 101 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10600 -46.7 -58.0 27 11.3 -47.1 277 102 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 17 200 12047 -55.6 -66.4 25 10.8 -55.8 277 100 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13856 -59.5 -76.9 9 17.3 -59.7 272 73 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16401 -58.4 -85.1 2 26.8 -58.7 260 42 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.78 m Freezing level: 722.03 mb = 2787.98 m = 9146.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.23 mb = 2747.74 m = 9014.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.65 % Est. max temperature: 20.62 C = 69.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.33 mb = 1164.25 m = 3819.67 ft T: 11.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 2947.23 m = 9669.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.06 F Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lifted Index: 10.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.59 C Showalter Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 16.67 C K Index: 25.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13126.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.17 mb = 1943.04 m = 6374.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.0 neg: -23.2 tot: 409.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 158.66 m/s