MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 40.66,-86.66 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 987 220 24.3 14.9 56 9.5 18.1 345 8 298.6 300.6 291.7 330.2 10.82 2 950 552 20.8 13.4 63 7.4 16.1 349 11 298.3 300.2 291.2 328.2 10.24 3 900 1017 16.4 12.5 77 3.9 14.0 351 9 298.4 300.3 291.2 328.1 10.16 4 850 1501 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 351 6 299.0 300.8 291.1 327.8 9.85 5 800 2007 9.5 7.9 90 1.6 8.6 323 4 301.3 302.8 290.6 326.1 8.39 6 750 2541 7.4 -0.6 57 7.9 3.4 275 8 304.6 305.5 288.6 319.5 4.89 7 700 3106 3.9 -3.6 58 7.5 0.3 264 11 306.8 307.6 288.6 319.8 4.19 8 650 3704 0.5 -7.9 53 8.4 -3.1 264 12 309.5 310.1 288.7 319.8 3.25 9 600 4343 -2.7 -11.7 50 9.1 -6.2 262 16 313.0 313.5 289.2 321.5 2.60 10 550 5027 -6.7 -19.0 37 12.4 -10.6 261 20 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.4 1.54 11 500 5764 -11.7 -20.1 50 8.4 -14.2 257 23 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.55 12 450 6562 -17.5 -22.9 63 5.4 -18.9 251 33 321.2 321.5 290.5 325.9 1.35 13 400 7433 -24.1 -33.7 41 9.5 -25.7 244 36 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.56 14 350 8391 -32.1 -35.4 72 3.3 -32.6 242 37 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.53 15 300 9464 -37.4 -44.7 47 7.3 -38.0 252 66 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.24 16 250 10711 -42.8 -60.2 13 17.4 -43.6 249 114 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 17 200 12189 -50.3 -69.2 9 18.9 -50.7 250 79 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 18 150 14035 -57.9 -77.9 6 20.0 -58.2 247 48 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.4 0.01 19 100 16545 -64.5 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.7 269 30 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.15 m Freezing level: 642.01 mb = 3806.01 m = 12486.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.01 mb = 3163.37 m = 10378.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.71 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.92 mb = 1412.34 m = 4633.60 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.65 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1616.70 m = 5304.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 27.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.71 mb = 1483.67 m = 4867.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.71 mb = 3620.99 m = 11879.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.71 mb = 3868.72 m = 12692.50 ft B at Equ Level: 0.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 626.71 mb = 3995.02 m = 13106.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 27.20 m/s