MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-87.4 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -87.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 989 214 19.9 14.3 70 5.6 16.3 342 8 294.0 295.8 289.9 323.8 10.41 2 950 555 15.3 13.1 86 2.3 13.9 347 11 292.7 294.5 289.1 321.2 9.99 3 900 1011 11.8 10.7 93 1.1 11.2 355 12 293.7 295.3 288.6 319.5 9.01 4 850 1489 10.1 6.2 76 4.0 7.9 1 10 296.7 298.0 287.8 317.2 6.99 5 800 1992 8.9 -0.1 53 9.0 4.4 345 9 300.7 301.5 287.1 314.9 4.75 6 750 2525 7.1 -4.8 42 11.9 1.6 327 10 304.3 304.9 287.2 315.2 3.56 7 700 3088 4.0 -8.7 39 12.7 -1.4 317 11 306.9 307.4 287.3 315.8 2.84 8 650 3687 0.9 -16.4 26 17.3 -5.2 310 12 309.9 310.3 287.2 315.3 1.63 9 600 4325 -3.1 -23.1 20 20.0 -8.9 307 13 312.5 312.7 287.4 315.9 0.99 10 550 5008 -7.2 -30.3 14 23.1 -12.6 308 14 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.5 0.56 11 500 5743 -12.3 -35.4 13 23.1 -16.7 312 16 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.37 12 450 6538 -18.6 -38.7 15 20.0 -21.7 299 17 319.8 319.9 289.0 320.9 0.30 13 400 7404 -25.5 -38.0 30 12.6 -27.2 278 19 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.36 14 350 8357 -32.8 -41.5 42 8.7 -33.7 264 23 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.29 15 300 9424 -40.1 -49.6 36 9.4 -40.7 277 24 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.14 16 250 10658 -43.6 -64.8 8 21.3 -44.3 314 15 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 17 200 12141 -48.9 -72.0 5 23.1 -49.4 265 23 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13995 -56.5 -78.4 5 21.9 -56.8 256 23 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16530 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.7 262 25 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.19 m Freezing level: 639.07 mb = 3826.55 m = 12554.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.20 mb = 2822.01 m = 9258.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.41 % Est. max temperature: 23.50 C = 74.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.56 mb = 912.25 m = 2992.93 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1039.72 m = 3411.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.77 C = 67.58 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.15 C Showalter Index: 5.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 15.90 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 109.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8680.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.77 mb = 975.41 m = 3200.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 352.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -0.5 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 3.21 m/s