MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.53,-86.35 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -86.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 990 234 21.5 15.8 70 5.7 17.8 232 5 295.5 297.5 291.3 328.5 11.48 2 950 592 19.9 11.8 59 8.2 14.8 261 12 297.4 299.1 290.0 324.1 9.16 3 900 1055 15.9 10.5 70 5.4 12.6 283 15 297.9 299.5 289.9 323.8 8.86 4 850 1538 11.8 8.7 81 3.1 10.0 300 19 298.5 300.1 289.7 323.0 8.34 5 800 2042 7.7 7.0 96 0.6 7.3 307 23 299.3 300.8 289.5 322.6 7.90 6 750 2572 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 309 27 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.5 6.98 7 700 3131 0.7 -0.3 93 0.9 0.2 314 28 303.2 304.2 288.5 319.4 5.36 8 650 3722 -2.4 -8.2 64 5.8 -4.8 328 28 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.2 3.17 9 600 4355 -5.1 -19.4 31 14.3 -9.5 336 27 310.2 310.5 287.0 314.7 1.37 10 550 5033 -9.1 -26.4 23 17.3 -13.4 345 27 313.3 313.4 287.4 316.0 0.80 11 500 5762 -14.5 -32.1 21 17.6 -18.0 345 31 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.2 0.52 12 450 6554 -18.6 -38.8 15 20.2 -21.7 352 41 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 13 400 7420 -25.1 -45.1 14 20.0 -27.3 355 47 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.0 0.17 14 350 8375 -33.0 -48.7 19 15.7 -34.2 358 53 324.2 324.3 290.2 324.8 0.13 15 300 9438 -42.0 -53.4 28 11.4 -42.5 353 56 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.09 16 250 10647 -50.3 -58.0 40 7.7 -50.5 347 58 331.2 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.06 17 200 12093 -52.0 -66.0 17 14.0 -52.3 332 62 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 13935 -57.9 -77.1 7 19.2 -58.1 321 58 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16497 -58.6 -85.3 2 26.7 -58.9 309 33 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.63 m Freezing level: 689.16 mb = 3259.29 m = 10693.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.04 mb = 3153.48 m = 10345.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.72 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.82 mb = 952.84 m = 3126.06 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.05 mb = 1725.45 m = 5660.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.84 C = 76.72 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 125.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.89 mb = 1529.03 m = 5016.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.89 mb = 1981.29 m = 6500.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 475.89 mb = 6133.53 m = 20122.88 ft B at Equ Level: 125.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.89 mb = 9081.93 m = 29795.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.1 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 354.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 68.63 m/s