MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.25,-86.89 Latitude: 36.25 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 990 208 27.5 23.5 79 4.0 24.6 236 10 301.4 304.9 298.0 356.6 18.71 2 950 575 23.5 20.0 80 3.6 21.0 237 16 301.1 303.9 296.0 347.1 15.65 3 900 1046 19.6 18.6 94 0.9 18.9 240 17 301.7 304.5 295.8 346.5 15.20 4 850 1538 17.4 14.8 85 2.6 15.7 249 19 304.4 306.7 294.8 341.9 12.56 5 800 2055 14.7 10.7 77 4.0 12.1 256 20 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.4 10.14 6 750 2598 11.4 5.8 68 5.7 8.1 255 19 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.6 7.72 7 700 3172 8.1 1.7 64 6.5 4.6 249 19 311.5 312.7 291.9 330.7 6.17 8 650 3780 4.4 -2.7 60 7.1 0.8 244 18 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.2 4.83 9 600 4426 -0.6 -4.9 72 4.4 -2.7 244 17 315.5 316.3 291.6 329.6 4.42 10 550 5117 -4.4 -6.3 87 1.8 -5.3 264 20 318.8 319.7 292.5 332.9 4.36 11 500 5863 -8.6 -9.6 93 1.0 -9.1 271 30 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.7 3.69 12 450 6673 -13.3 -14.0 95 0.7 -13.6 267 34 326.5 327.0 293.4 336.2 2.87 13 400 7560 -18.9 -19.7 93 0.8 -19.1 261 29 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.4 2.00 14 350 8542 -25.2 -28.5 74 3.3 -25.9 259 29 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.6 1.05 15 300 9644 -33.2 -36.4 73 3.1 -33.7 286 18 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.7 0.57 16 250 10897 -43.4 -45.0 85 1.5 -43.5 294 33 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.6 0.28 17 200 12360 -54.8 -56.6 80 1.8 -54.9 292 50 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.4 0.09 18 150 14154 -62.1 -73.6 20 11.5 -62.3 334 33 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16614 -68.7 -84.2 9 15.5 -68.8 295 20 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.42 m Freezing level: 605.66 mb = 4353.23 m = 14282.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.70 mb = 3921.66 m = 12866.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.45 mb = 709.73 m = 2328.48 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 27.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1064.60 m = 3492.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1561.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.65 mb = 1010.72 m = 3315.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.65 mb = 1551.49 m = 5090.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.65 mb = 12724.07 m = 41745.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1551.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.65 mb = 16111.07 m = 52857.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 31.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 201.27 Bulk Shear: 7.76 m/s