MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 40.73,-90.28 Latitude: 40.73 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 988 205 30.1 9.0 27 21.1 17.0 234 7 304.3 305.6 290.6 326.3 7.31 2 950 549 25.6 7.9 32 17.7 14.9 239 9 303.2 304.5 290.0 324.3 7.03 3 900 1020 21.0 7.0 40 14.0 12.7 244 9 303.2 304.5 290.0 324.1 6.98 4 850 1510 16.3 6.0 50 10.3 10.3 249 8 303.3 304.5 290.0 324.0 6.92 5 800 2021 11.5 4.7 63 6.8 7.7 254 8 303.4 304.7 289.9 323.6 6.70 6 750 2558 9.9 -9.9 24 19.8 1.4 288 9 307.3 307.8 287.1 314.9 2.40 7 700 3128 7.0 -17.3 16 24.2 -1.8 300 12 310.2 310.5 287.0 314.8 1.41 8 650 3732 3.2 -21.8 14 25.0 -4.8 315 15 312.5 312.7 287.4 316.0 1.03 9 600 4374 -1.2 -24.6 15 23.4 -8.1 326 16 314.7 314.8 288.0 317.6 0.86 10 550 5061 -5.6 -30.8 12 25.2 -11.7 320 15 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.3 0.53 11 500 5803 -9.4 -42.5 5 33.1 -15.2 310 18 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.3 0.18 12 450 6608 -14.9 -39.6 10 24.7 -19.1 318 19 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.27 13 400 7487 -21.6 -39.4 18 17.8 -24.3 315 21 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.31 14 350 8455 -29.3 -40.2 34 10.9 -30.7 304 21 329.2 329.3 291.8 330.4 0.33 15 300 9536 -37.7 -42.1 64 4.4 -38.1 298 25 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.31 16 250 10767 -47.1 -50.5 69 3.3 -47.3 285 27 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12218 -53.5 -68.0 16 14.4 -53.8 316 26 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14037 -59.9 -79.2 6 19.3 -60.1 281 24 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16522 -65.9 -82.8 8 16.9 -66.1 284 23 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.27 m Freezing level: 614.13 mb = 4192.69 m = 13755.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.07 mb = 2803.20 m = 9196.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.21 mb = 2824.38 m = 9266.22 ft T: 8.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.26 mb = 3865.56 m = 12682.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.74 C = 101.74 F Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lifted Index: 4.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.65 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 7.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7676.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.07 mb = 2780.66 m = 9122.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 329.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 16.41 m/s