MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 36.98,-86.12 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -86.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 994 208 26.8 17.5 57 9.3 20.5 185 6 300.5 302.9 293.8 338.0 12.79 2 950 602 22.5 15.4 64 7.1 17.8 186 7 300.0 302.1 292.8 334.1 11.65 3 900 1070 18.1 14.2 78 3.9 15.6 189 5 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.40 4 850 1557 14.8 9.9 73 4.9 11.8 61 1 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.4 9.05 5 800 2067 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.6 38 3 302.9 304.3 290.6 326.1 7.78 6 750 2603 7.3 3.2 75 4.1 5.1 28 1 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.0 6.44 7 700 3167 3.6 -0.8 73 4.4 1.4 267 2 306.5 307.4 289.5 322.3 5.15 8 650 3765 -0.1 -6.0 64 6.0 -2.7 252 4 308.9 309.6 288.9 320.6 3.74 9 600 4401 -3.8 -14.2 45 10.3 -7.6 263 6 311.7 312.1 288.3 318.6 2.13 10 550 5083 -7.3 -30.2 14 22.8 -12.7 300 5 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.57 11 500 5819 -11.8 -33.0 15 21.3 -16.2 298 7 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.4 0.47 12 450 6617 -17.1 -31.1 29 14.0 -20.0 280 8 321.7 321.8 290.0 324.0 0.63 13 400 7489 -23.7 -27.3 72 3.6 -24.4 276 4 324.2 324.4 291.1 327.8 1.02 14 350 8450 -31.2 -32.8 86 1.6 -31.4 254 8 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.2 0.69 15 300 9522 -40.0 -40.9 91 0.9 -40.1 244 9 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.36 16 250 10742 -49.1 -49.3 98 0.2 -49.1 234 18 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 17 200 12182 -54.5 -66.1 23 11.6 -54.8 282 30 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.03 18 150 14011 -57.1 -79.2 4 22.1 -57.3 291 34 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16548 -61.1 -84.5 3 23.4 -61.4 303 18 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.78 m Freezing level: 651.01 mb = 3752.91 m = 12312.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3361.55 m = 11028.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.83 mb = 1379.94 m = 4527.31 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1716.98 m = 5633.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 32.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.47 mb = 1492.26 m = 4895.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.47 mb = 1947.30 m = 6388.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.47 mb = 10966.22 m = 35977.96 ft B at Equ Level: 864.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.47 mb = 13542.78 m = 44431.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 4.3 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -13.9 tot: -11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 128.28 Bulk Shear: 6.79 m/s