MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.14,-86.42 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 986 206 23.2 16.6 67 6.5 18.8 20 14 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.6 12.14 2 950 531 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.6 26 28 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.0 11.58 3 900 993 15.2 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 37 31 297.2 299.3 292.0 331.0 11.67 4 850 1479 15.4 13.5 88 2.0 14.1 63 33 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.3 11.49 5 800 1993 12.9 11.1 89 1.8 11.8 51 30 304.9 306.8 293.4 336.2 10.46 6 750 2533 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 44 37 307.5 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.28 7 700 3105 7.1 4.8 85 2.3 5.8 51 40 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.2 7.74 8 650 3712 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.5 53 42 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.8 6.58 9 600 4359 0.2 -1.5 88 1.7 -0.7 53 41 316.3 317.4 292.9 334.5 5.71 10 550 5053 -3.4 -4.9 89 1.6 -4.1 57 40 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.7 4.82 11 500 5802 -7.2 -9.1 86 1.9 -8.1 50 34 324.3 325.0 293.6 337.0 3.83 12 450 6618 -11.0 -14.3 77 3.2 -12.3 48 34 329.3 329.9 294.1 339.0 2.82 13 400 7513 -16.9 -18.1 90 1.2 -17.3 48 27 333.1 333.6 294.6 341.2 2.30 14 350 8504 -23.0 -24.0 91 1.0 -23.2 49 17 337.8 338.1 295.1 343.5 1.57 15 300 9616 -30.8 -32.0 89 1.2 -31.0 40 19 342.0 342.2 295.6 345.3 0.87 16 250 10882 -41.3 -42.7 86 1.5 -41.4 23 24 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.1 0.35 17 200 12360 -52.1 -52.8 93 0.6 -52.1 148 9 350.2 350.3 296.8 350.8 0.14 18 150 14176 -61.5 -77.8 10 16.3 -61.6 150 15 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16636 -68.7 -82.5 12 13.8 -68.8 200 4 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.81 m Freezing level: 597.35 mb = 4395.95 m = 14422.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.60 mb = 4217.62 m = 13837.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.02 mb = 1030.58 m = 3381.12 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2013.06 m = 6604.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 33.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6540.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.98 mb = 1050.03 m = 3444.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 49.8 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 79.8 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.1 neg: -18.6 tot: 186.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 39.47 m/s