MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 40.73,-89.96 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 991 196 20.2 10.5 54 9.7 14.3 228 4 294.1 295.5 287.8 317.2 8.04 2 950 567 23.6 10.1 42 13.5 15.3 245 8 301.2 302.7 290.4 325.4 8.18 3 900 1037 20.5 9.6 50 10.9 13.8 267 9 302.6 304.2 291.0 327.6 8.37 4 850 1527 16.2 9.6 65 6.6 12.1 281 9 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.4 8.84 5 800 2039 11.3 9.0 86 2.3 9.9 290 10 303.2 304.9 291.7 330.2 9.06 6 750 2576 9.5 1.3 57 8.1 5.1 306 10 306.8 307.9 290.0 324.1 5.62 7 700 3146 7.0 -8.5 32 15.5 0.1 323 11 310.2 310.7 288.5 319.3 2.87 8 650 3750 3.0 -13.2 29 16.2 -3.3 328 8 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.3 2.13 9 600 4394 -0.7 -17.7 26 17.0 -6.6 345 8 315.3 315.6 288.9 320.6 1.58 10 550 5084 -3.8 -31.7 9 27.9 -10.6 22 16 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.49 11 500 5829 -9.3 -36.0 9 26.7 -14.7 14 20 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.0 0.36 12 450 6634 -14.7 -41.4 8 26.7 -19.0 20 23 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.23 13 400 7514 -21.7 -42.7 13 21.0 -24.5 29 32 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 14 350 8482 -29.2 -45.8 19 16.6 -30.9 29 32 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.18 15 300 9563 -37.9 -49.3 29 11.4 -38.7 29 35 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.14 16 250 10793 -46.7 -56.0 34 9.3 -47.1 8 34 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 17 200 12245 -55.2 -65.2 28 10.1 -55.4 2 26 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14056 -60.7 -76.2 11 15.5 -60.9 307 25 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16538 -66.4 -83.1 8 16.6 -66.5 275 17 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.15 m Freezing level: 609.30 mb = 4274.07 m = 14022.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.02 mb = 3169.31 m = 10397.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.25 mb = 1444.42 m = 4738.86 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.95 mb = 3419.19 m = 11217.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.28 C = 99.10 F Cap Strength: 5.26 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.86 C K Index: 19.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6792.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.96 mb = 2154.79 m = 7069.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 4.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.37 Bulk Shear: 23.77 m/s