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: 40.53,-85.62 Latitude: 40.53 Longitude: -85.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 981 264 14.4 12.9 91 1.4 13.5 209 5 289.1 290.8 287.5 316.1 9.60 2 950 537 16.5 11.8 74 4.7 13.6 224 9 294.0 295.6 288.8 320.4 9.20 3 900 999 16.4 8.7 60 7.8 11.8 234 4 298.4 299.9 289.2 321.5 7.85 4 850 1483 13.0 6.7 65 6.3 9.4 213 4 299.8 301.1 289.1 321.2 7.26 5 800 1989 9.0 4.6 74 4.4 6.6 199 6 300.8 302.0 288.9 320.6 6.68 6 750 2521 5.3 1.9 79 3.4 3.5 210 7 302.4 303.5 288.8 320.0 5.87 7 700 3081 2.0 -0.3 85 2.3 0.8 229 8 304.7 305.7 289.0 320.9 5.35 8 650 3676 -1.3 -3.5 85 2.2 -2.4 219 8 307.4 308.3 289.2 321.5 4.54 9 600 4311 -4.7 -7.4 81 2.7 -5.8 216 9 310.7 311.4 289.5 322.3 3.66 10 550 4992 -8.0 -10.6 81 2.6 -9.0 228 11 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.6 3.10 11 500 5726 -12.6 -16.1 75 3.6 -13.7 220 12 317.7 318.2 290.3 325.0 2.17 12 450 6523 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.0 -18.7 211 12 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.71 13 400 7391 -24.6 -25.3 94 0.7 -24.8 232 16 323.0 323.2 290.9 327.2 1.22 14 350 8348 -32.3 -32.8 95 0.6 -32.4 231 21 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.69 15 300 9415 -41.0 -46.4 56 5.4 -41.3 229 18 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.20 16 250 10626 -51.2 -52.3 87 1.2 -51.2 230 26 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.12 17 200 12045 -58.9 -62.3 65 3.4 -58.9 242 27 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 13865 -55.3 -79.5 3 24.2 -55.6 249 25 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16436 -58.2 -84.5 2 26.3 -58.6 263 18 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.67 m Freezing level: 670.32 mb = 3434.57 m = 11268.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.97 mb = 3232.34 m = 10604.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.33 mb = 445.48 m = 1461.53 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 1.47 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2129.06 m = 6985.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7763.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.21 mb = 1421.13 m = 4662.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 418.40 Bulk Shear: 0.08 m/s