MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F165.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F165.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 165 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 36.87,-84.09 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -84.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 974 384 26.4 15.8 52 10.6 19.3 180 1 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.3 11.69 2 950 602 25.1 12.1 44 13.0 16.8 188 2 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.40 3 900 1073 21.0 10.6 51 10.4 14.5 167 4 303.2 304.8 291.7 329.8 8.94 4 850 1564 16.5 9.3 62 7.2 12.1 162 5 303.4 305.0 291.5 329.3 8.67 5 800 2077 11.9 7.3 73 4.6 9.2 158 5 303.8 305.3 291.1 328.0 8.05 6 750 2613 7.0 5.1 88 1.9 5.9 162 5 304.2 305.5 290.6 326.3 7.36 7 700 3177 3.5 -0.6 74 4.1 1.4 180 5 306.3 307.3 289.5 322.4 5.22 8 650 3775 -0.0 -5.7 66 5.7 -2.6 187 3 308.9 309.6 289.0 321.0 3.84 9 600 4412 -3.6 -12.3 51 8.6 -6.9 21 2 311.9 312.4 288.7 320.0 2.49 10 550 5095 -7.1 -22.8 27 15.7 -11.6 323 3 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.5 1.12 11 500 5832 -10.9 -27.0 25 16.1 -15.0 270 6 319.7 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.83 12 450 6632 -16.9 -24.2 53 7.3 -18.8 276 9 322.0 322.2 290.6 326.2 1.20 13 400 7505 -23.0 -29.7 54 6.7 -24.3 274 13 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.0 0.81 14 350 8468 -30.6 -31.9 88 1.3 -30.8 285 12 327.5 327.6 291.7 330.2 0.76 15 300 9546 -38.2 -45.2 48 7.0 -38.8 296 13 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10773 -48.5 -51.4 72 2.9 -48.7 282 18 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12200 -58.8 -61.0 76 2.2 -58.9 292 24 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 18 150 14022 -56.2 -79.2 4 23.0 -56.6 281 25 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.01 19 100 16553 -61.9 -84.2 4 22.3 -62.1 290 19 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.11 m Freezing level: 650.51 mb = 3768.94 m = 12365.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.36 mb = 3382.93 m = 11098.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.53 mb = 1719.61 m = 5641.70 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 16.86 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2393.15 m = 7851.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.40 mb = 2251.01 m = 7385.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.40 mb = 2520.48 m = 8269.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.40 mb = 8703.92 m = 28555.81 ft B at Equ Level: 164.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.40 mb = 11076.79 m = 36340.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.9 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 231.9 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -0.6 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 239.92 Bulk Shear: 0.69 m/s