MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 98 SFC 976 300 13.3 6.5 63 6.9 9.6 222 10 288.5 289.6 283.8 306.0 6.20 2 950 530 13.6 4.1 52 9.6 8.6 231 24 291.0 292.0 284.0 306.5 5.39 3 900 984 11.3 3.0 56 8.3 7.0 256 34 293.1 294.1 284.7 308.4 5.26 4 850 1459 8.3 2.9 69 5.3 5.5 268 36 294.8 295.8 285.7 311.1 5.57 5 800 1958 6.0 3.0 81 3.0 4.4 259 41 297.5 298.6 287.1 315.0 5.93 6 750 2484 2.5 0.8 89 1.7 1.7 260 44 299.3 300.3 287.2 315.4 5.41 7 700 3038 -1.5 -3.4 87 1.9 -2.3 263 54 300.9 301.6 286.6 313.7 4.26 8 650 3624 -5.6 -11.4 64 5.8 -7.7 259 58 302.6 303.1 285.4 310.3 2.46 9 600 4248 -7.9 -33.9 10 26.1 -13.0 261 63 307.0 307.1 284.7 308.3 0.36 10 550 4923 -9.3 -41.1 6 31.8 -14.7 265 72 313.0 313.1 286.6 313.7 0.19 11 500 5655 -12.0 -43.3 5 31.3 -16.9 269 81 318.4 318.5 288.4 319.1 0.17 12 450 6456 -15.2 -46.7 5 31.5 -19.6 275 85 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 13 400 7335 -21.2 -46.2 9 25.0 -24.3 277 87 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.15 14 350 8307 -28.2 -45.9 17 17.7 -30.0 277 91 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.18 15 300 9391 -37.2 -53.0 18 15.9 -38.1 278 95 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.09 16 250 10625 -46.7 -59.4 22 12.8 -47.1 276 97 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12069 -56.3 -66.3 27 10.0 -56.5 276 93 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13874 -59.3 -77.0 8 17.6 -59.5 265 63 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16417 -58.8 -85.3 2 26.5 -59.1 260 38 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5557.04 m Freezing level: 718.61 mb = 2832.01 m = 9291.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.16 mb = 2710.28 m = 8891.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.73 % Est. max temperature: 20.89 C = 69.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.00 mb = 1170.81 m = 3841.19 ft T: 10.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.01 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.66 mb = 2782.35 m = 9128.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lifted Index: 11.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 9.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.25 C Cross Totals Index: 14.92 C K Index: 21.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12717.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.92 mb = 1815.96 m = 5957.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.1 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 293.1 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.4 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 180.86 m/s