MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.24,-87.06 Latitude: 36.24 Longitude: -87.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 990 208 27.3 23.2 78 4.1 24.3 246 9 301.3 304.7 297.8 355.4 18.36 2 950 571 23.5 19.7 79 3.8 20.8 247 14 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.2 15.37 3 900 1042 19.5 18.4 94 1.1 18.8 250 15 301.6 304.3 295.7 345.7 14.98 4 850 1533 17.2 14.4 83 2.8 15.3 258 19 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.5 12.20 5 800 2049 14.1 11.1 82 3.0 12.2 260 19 306.2 308.2 293.7 337.7 10.45 6 750 2592 10.8 7.2 78 3.6 8.6 257 19 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.4 8.55 7 700 3165 7.5 3.3 75 4.2 5.2 252 20 310.8 312.2 292.4 332.4 6.97 8 650 3772 4.0 -1.4 68 5.5 1.2 247 22 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.2 5.31 9 600 4418 -0.4 -6.5 63 6.1 -3.2 241 23 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.93 10 550 5109 -4.9 -8.5 76 3.6 -6.5 243 23 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.2 3.66 11 500 5852 -9.0 -9.7 94 0.8 -9.3 253 27 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.1 3.65 12 450 6663 -12.7 -13.3 96 0.5 -12.9 263 31 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.06 13 400 7553 -18.2 -18.3 99 0.1 -18.3 270 23 331.3 331.8 294.1 339.2 2.26 14 350 8537 -25.3 -25.3 100 0.0 -25.3 259 26 334.7 335.0 294.3 339.7 1.40 15 300 9638 -33.2 -33.3 99 0.2 -33.2 275 28 338.6 338.8 294.7 341.5 0.77 16 250 10891 -43.7 -44.3 94 0.6 -43.7 287 37 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.3 0.30 17 200 12352 -54.6 -57.6 69 3.1 -54.6 288 74 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 18 150 14159 -61.2 -75.6 13 14.4 -61.4 294 49 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.0 -84.2 8 16.2 -68.1 290 24 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.68 m Freezing level: 604.32 mb = 4362.18 m = 14311.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.44 mb = 3942.09 m = 12933.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.65 mb = 731.69 m = 2400.53 ft T: 22.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 27.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1124.21 m = 3688.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.89 mb = 1033.16 m = 3389.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.89 mb = 1574.51 m = 5165.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.89 mb = 12482.22 m = 40951.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1404.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.89 mb = 15718.39 m = 51568.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 160.12 Bulk Shear: 8.79 m/s