MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 41.27,-89.1 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 988 209 8.9 4.0 72 4.9 6.5 320 6 283.0 283.9 280.1 297.4 5.16 2 950 539 11.8 2.6 53 9.3 7.2 335 14 289.2 290.1 282.6 303.1 4.84 3 900 988 7.8 1.3 63 6.5 4.6 334 15 289.5 290.4 282.5 303.0 4.67 4 850 1456 3.4 0.2 80 3.2 1.9 331 15 289.7 290.5 282.5 302.8 4.56 5 800 1944 0.2 -4.5 71 4.7 -1.7 327 17 291.4 292.0 281.9 301.4 3.42 6 750 2463 1.9 -24.6 12 26.5 -5.3 319 18 298.6 298.7 281.7 300.9 0.69 7 700 3016 -0.9 -26.4 12 25.5 -7.5 313 19 301.4 301.6 282.8 303.5 0.63 8 650 3603 -4.4 -32.0 10 27.6 -10.4 315 20 304.0 304.1 283.5 305.4 0.40 9 600 4230 -7.2 -36.6 7 29.4 -12.8 317 22 307.8 307.9 284.8 308.8 0.28 10 550 4903 -10.9 -33.9 13 23.0 -15.4 314 23 311.1 311.2 286.2 312.5 0.39 11 500 5628 -15.4 -34.3 18 18.9 -18.8 303 22 314.3 314.4 287.3 315.8 0.42 12 450 6414 -21.4 -35.2 28 13.8 -23.6 292 20 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.8 0.43 13 400 7271 -27.8 -42.6 23 14.8 -29.4 292 24 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.7 0.22 14 350 8215 -35.4 -44.5 39 9.1 -36.1 290 24 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.21 15 300 9269 -43.6 -50.2 48 6.6 -43.9 300 27 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.13 16 250 10469 -52.5 -55.0 74 2.5 -52.5 306 26 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.09 17 200 11913 -50.3 -70.8 7 20.4 -50.8 305 28 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13794 -50.7 -80.1 2 29.5 -51.2 278 26 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 19 100 16403 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 277 21 421.4 421.4 307.9 421.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5517.79 m Freezing level: 716.65 mb = 2832.21 m = 9291.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 823.92 mb = 1707.04 m = 5600.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.74 % Est. max temperature: 15.93 C = 60.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.74 mb = 826.18 m = 2710.54 ft T: 9.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 2.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.18 mb = 3197.44 m = 10490.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 10.93 C Lifted Index: 12.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.37 C Showalter Index: 11.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.74 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: -6.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14088.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.37 mb = 1576.60 m = 5172.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -2.8 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 9.29 m/s