MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.87,-87.17 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -87.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 987 181 26.9 23.8 83 3.1 24.6 241 12 301.2 304.7 298.2 357.6 19.15 2 950 516 23.7 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 246 23 301.3 304.2 296.2 348.2 15.94 3 900 987 20.1 18.3 89 1.9 18.8 253 27 302.2 305.0 295.7 346.1 14.83 4 850 1480 17.8 14.1 79 3.6 15.4 256 29 304.8 307.0 294.5 340.6 12.01 5 800 1998 15.5 9.7 69 5.7 11.9 257 32 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.5 9.52 6 750 2543 12.1 7.2 72 4.9 9.2 267 33 309.7 311.3 293.3 335.9 8.54 7 700 3118 8.2 4.5 77 3.8 6.1 273 36 311.6 313.0 293.0 335.0 7.56 8 650 3726 4.0 0.8 80 3.2 2.2 277 41 313.5 314.7 292.6 333.1 6.26 9 600 4372 -0.4 -3.6 79 3.2 -2.0 277 47 315.7 316.6 292.1 331.3 4.90 10 550 5063 -4.9 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.6 275 50 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.7 2.87 11 500 5805 -9.8 -17.1 55 7.3 -12.3 274 50 321.1 321.5 291.1 327.9 2.00 12 450 6611 -14.7 -22.3 52 7.6 -16.9 271 52 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.7 1.42 13 400 7492 -20.3 -29.6 43 9.3 -22.3 265 52 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.6 0.82 14 350 8468 -27.0 -36.4 40 9.4 -28.5 259 55 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.48 15 300 9560 -35.3 -44.8 37 9.6 -36.1 259 59 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.23 16 250 10805 -44.2 -55.9 26 11.7 -44.7 257 56 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.08 17 200 12271 -53.0 -63.5 27 10.5 -53.2 260 57 348.8 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14085 -60.6 -76.7 10 16.1 -60.8 263 54 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16567 -67.3 -83.4 9 16.0 -67.4 261 34 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.99 m Freezing level: 604.13 mb = 4318.74 m = 14168.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.38 mb = 4063.54 m = 13331.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.31 mb = 568.80 m = 1866.11 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 29.94 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1199.53 m = 3935.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1877.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.49 mb = 992.37 m = 3255.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.49 mb = 2162.92 m = 7096.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.49 mb = 12446.71 m = 40835.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1859.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.57 Bulk Rich Number: 30.25 Bulk Shear: 62.05 m/s