MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 40.05,-88.22 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 987 210 14.8 10.8 77 4.1 12.4 271 3 289.1 290.5 286.1 312.3 8.24 2 950 535 17.5 10.3 63 7.1 13.2 288 5 294.9 296.4 288.4 319.0 8.33 3 900 997 16.8 8.4 57 8.5 11.8 306 4 298.8 300.2 289.2 321.4 7.68 4 850 1482 13.4 5.7 60 7.7 9.0 342 4 300.1 301.4 288.8 320.2 6.76 5 800 1989 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 6.1 337 4 301.1 302.2 288.5 319.3 6.08 6 750 2521 5.8 0.0 66 5.8 2.9 308 4 302.9 303.8 288.2 318.4 5.12 7 700 3082 2.2 -0.2 84 2.5 1.0 306 5 305.0 306.0 289.2 321.4 5.38 8 650 3677 -1.7 -2.5 94 0.8 -2.1 313 6 307.0 308.0 289.4 322.1 4.88 9 600 4311 -5.1 -5.4 98 0.3 -5.3 268 8 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.5 4.26 10 550 4991 -8.4 -10.0 88 1.6 -9.1 252 11 314.1 314.7 290.2 324.6 3.25 11 500 5724 -13.1 -15.0 86 1.9 -13.7 250 11 317.1 317.5 290.3 325.0 2.39 12 450 6519 -18.1 -21.8 73 3.7 -19.1 243 10 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.48 13 400 7388 -24.6 -29.4 64 4.8 -25.5 248 11 323.1 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.84 14 350 8346 -31.7 -42.5 33 10.8 -32.8 266 9 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.26 15 300 9415 -41.0 -47.8 48 6.8 -41.4 278 10 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.17 16 250 10625 -51.5 -53.7 77 2.2 -51.5 249 12 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.10 17 200 12044 -58.6 -62.5 60 3.9 -58.7 261 17 339.9 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 13869 -55.2 -78.7 4 23.5 -55.5 270 24 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.01 19 100 16438 -57.9 -84.5 2 26.6 -58.3 282 21 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.15 m Freezing level: 671.52 mb = 3421.17 m = 11224.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.64 mb = 3272.05 m = 10734.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.49 mb = 731.03 m = 2398.36 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.02 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2409.78 m = 7906.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.77 C K Index: 29.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8981.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.39 mb = 1567.07 m = 5141.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.4 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 307.4 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 58.68 Bulk Shear: 0.64 m/s