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: 36.34,-84.06 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -84.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 961 415 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 28 10 294.6 296.9 292.2 332.0 13.05 2 950 511 18.1 16.7 92 1.3 17.2 36 20 295.5 297.8 292.3 332.1 12.71 3 900 973 15.5 15.4 99 0.2 15.4 51 36 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.1 12.29 4 850 1459 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 78 50 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 12.00 5 800 1971 12.3 11.6 95 0.7 11.9 93 51 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.5 10.79 6 750 2512 10.1 8.8 92 1.3 9.3 98 44 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.4 9.52 7 700 3084 7.5 6.2 91 1.3 6.7 85 36 310.8 312.4 293.6 337.0 8.52 8 650 3692 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.6 75 38 313.3 314.7 293.5 336.8 7.56 9 600 4339 0.1 0.0 99 0.1 0.0 77 40 316.2 317.5 293.4 336.5 6.40 10 550 5033 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 82 42 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.3 5.49 11 500 5784 -6.9 -7.3 97 0.4 -7.1 85 41 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.2 4.42 12 450 6600 -11.4 -11.9 96 0.5 -11.6 85 38 329.0 329.6 294.4 340.6 3.43 13 400 7495 -16.5 -16.9 96 0.4 -16.6 80 41 333.6 334.1 294.9 342.5 2.55 14 350 8486 -23.2 -23.6 96 0.4 -23.4 69 33 337.4 337.8 295.1 343.3 1.62 15 300 9596 -31.1 -32.6 86 1.6 -31.3 50 34 341.6 341.8 295.4 344.7 0.82 16 250 10867 -39.9 -42.5 76 2.6 -40.1 60 27 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.3 0.36 17 200 12357 -50.8 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.8 101 14 352.3 352.4 297.3 353.1 0.18 18 150 14181 -61.9 -77.3 11 15.4 -62.1 129 14 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -68.3 -82.4 12 14.1 -68.4 210 7 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.32 m Freezing level: 598.45 mb = 4360.35 m = 14305.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.69 mb = 4342.99 m = 14248.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.84 mb = 512.55 m = 1681.56 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.35 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1062.16 m = 3484.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.68 C = 71.03 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.46 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6108.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.70 mb = 957.08 m = 3139.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.9 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 110.9 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 510.9 neg: -55.3 tot: 455.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 87.67 m/s