MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.07,-86.18 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 983 237 19.3 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 6 11 293.9 295.8 290.0 324.0 10.53 2 950 528 17.9 13.5 76 4.4 15.1 15 26 295.3 297.2 290.3 325.0 10.30 3 900 991 16.4 14.3 87 2.1 15.1 41 38 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.9 11.49 4 850 1479 16.5 12.8 79 3.7 14.1 45 38 303.4 305.5 293.3 336.1 10.99 5 800 1994 13.7 10.6 81 3.1 11.7 45 37 305.8 307.6 293.3 336.0 10.06 6 750 2536 10.5 8.1 85 2.5 9.0 46 36 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.5 9.06 7 700 3108 7.1 4.4 83 2.7 5.6 45 35 310.4 311.8 292.7 333.6 7.53 8 650 3715 3.8 0.7 80 3.1 2.1 46 35 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.7 6.21 9 600 4361 0.1 -3.4 77 3.5 -1.7 51 36 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.0 4.95 10 550 5054 -3.8 -6.9 79 3.1 -5.3 51 37 319.6 320.4 292.6 333.1 4.14 11 500 5802 -7.5 -9.8 84 2.3 -8.5 45 37 323.9 324.7 293.3 336.1 3.65 12 450 6617 -11.6 -15.1 76 3.4 -12.9 43 34 328.6 329.1 293.7 337.6 2.64 13 400 7511 -16.7 -19.8 77 3.1 -17.7 52 36 333.3 333.7 294.4 340.3 1.99 14 350 8502 -22.8 -25.0 82 2.2 -23.4 59 24 338.0 338.3 295.1 343.2 1.43 15 300 9615 -30.8 -32.1 88 1.3 -31.0 55 24 342.0 342.1 295.6 345.2 0.86 16 250 10881 -41.2 -41.8 93 0.7 -41.2 18 22 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.4 0.39 17 200 12357 -52.9 -52.9 99 0.0 -52.9 127 15 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.6 0.14 18 150 14173 -61.6 -77.5 10 15.8 -61.8 152 14 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16634 -68.8 -82.5 12 13.7 -68.9 206 6 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.36 m Freezing level: 599.06 mb = 4374.30 m = 14351.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.05 mb = 4069.84 m = 13352.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.61 mb = 862.29 m = 2829.00 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 4.12 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.52 mb = 2496.47 m = 8190.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7467.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.46 mb = 1139.38 m = 3738.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.9 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 74.9 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.8 neg: -6.7 tot: 216.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 44.27 m/s