MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 36.34,-88.40 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 994 149 22.8 18.8 78 4.0 20.1 8 5 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.4 13.88 2 950 543 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.0 3 10 296.8 299.0 292.1 331.3 11.94 3 900 1006 15.6 14.1 91 1.4 14.6 1 11 297.5 299.6 291.8 330.4 11.32 4 850 1489 12.6 11.3 92 1.3 11.9 358 11 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.6 9.97 5 800 1997 10.4 7.9 84 2.5 8.9 342 8 302.2 303.8 290.9 327.1 8.37 6 750 2532 7.7 4.8 82 2.9 6.1 301 8 304.9 306.2 290.7 326.6 7.21 7 700 3099 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.6 287 12 307.5 308.6 290.4 325.3 5.80 8 650 3699 1.2 -2.6 76 3.7 -0.7 276 13 310.3 311.2 290.4 325.5 4.87 9 600 4339 -2.4 -7.8 66 5.4 -4.7 261 15 313.4 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.55 10 550 5025 -6.7 -13.1 60 6.4 -9.1 254 16 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.4 2.52 11 500 5763 -10.9 -19.2 50 8.3 -13.5 254 17 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.4 1.68 12 450 6565 -15.8 -24.9 46 9.0 -18.1 242 26 323.3 323.6 290.9 327.3 1.13 13 400 7441 -22.8 -31.0 47 8.2 -24.4 244 26 325.3 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.72 14 350 8404 -30.3 -35.3 62 5.0 -31.0 235 29 327.8 327.9 291.7 329.8 0.54 15 300 9483 -37.6 -41.8 65 4.2 -38.0 221 37 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.32 16 250 10727 -42.6 -64.8 7 22.1 -43.5 223 62 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12212 -49.3 -70.7 6 21.4 -49.8 226 64 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14055 -59.1 -77.3 8 18.2 -59.3 235 44 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16546 -65.5 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.7 255 20 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.11 m Freezing level: 633.68 mb = 3908.03 m = 12821.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.41 mb = 3570.33 m = 11713.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.10 mb = 650.66 m = 2134.70 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.21 mb = 1088.69 m = 3571.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.58 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 173.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.96 mb = 977.56 m = 3207.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.96 mb = 1312.21 m = 4305.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.96 mb = 8859.00 m = 29064.62 ft B at Equ Level: 172.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 257.96 mb = 10513.19 m = 34491.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: -11.6 tot: -5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.95 Bulk Shear: 24.93 m/s