MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 40.17,-86.11 Latitude: 40.17 Longitude: -86.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 988 256 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 315 4 295.7 298.2 293.3 335.8 13.96 2 950 599 21.3 17.6 80 3.7 18.8 281 10 298.8 301.2 293.8 337.9 13.45 3 900 1066 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 260 17 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.8 12.52 4 850 1554 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.9 251 23 302.1 304.2 293.2 335.4 11.25 5 800 2067 12.9 9.3 79 3.6 10.7 259 23 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.5 9.22 6 750 2607 10.1 5.1 71 5.0 7.2 270 21 307.6 308.9 291.7 330.0 7.35 7 700 3177 6.2 3.0 80 3.1 4.4 267 19 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.2 6.80 8 650 3781 2.1 -0.7 82 2.8 0.6 265 19 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.8 5.60 9 600 4423 -2.0 -4.5 83 2.4 -3.2 277 20 313.8 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.58 10 550 5110 -5.6 -12.3 59 6.7 -8.2 289 23 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.3 2.70 11 500 5852 -9.8 -16.1 60 6.4 -12.0 284 27 321.1 321.6 291.3 328.4 2.17 12 450 6658 -14.4 -21.5 55 7.0 -16.5 275 31 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.4 1.53 13 400 7540 -20.9 -25.3 68 4.4 -22.0 271 35 327.8 328.1 292.3 332.2 1.23 14 350 8512 -28.1 -30.5 80 2.3 -28.6 270 34 330.8 331.0 292.8 333.9 0.86 15 300 9599 -36.5 -37.0 95 0.5 -36.5 262 44 334.0 334.1 293.3 336.0 0.54 16 250 10834 -47.4 -47.6 98 0.2 -47.4 259 51 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12265 -60.1 -60.2 99 0.1 -60.1 275 59 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.06 18 150 14046 -63.2 -75.1 18 11.9 -63.3 268 43 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16557 -61.7 -84.4 3 22.7 -61.9 274 24 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.74 m Freezing level: 624.86 mb = 4103.96 m = 13464.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.73 mb = 3883.86 m = 12742.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.85 mb = 600.05 m = 1968.65 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1475.82 m = 4841.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 35.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.75 mb = 1096.64 m = 3597.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.75 mb = 2924.53 m = 9594.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.75 mb = 11603.01 m = 38067.14 ft B at Equ Level: 431.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.75 mb = 13579.19 m = 44550.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.2 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 302.2 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -6.9 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 20.67 Bulk Shear: 20.96 m/s