MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.20,-86.18 Latitude: 36.20 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 80 SFC 982 241 23.6 17.9 71 5.7 19.7 37 13 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.8 13.25 2 950 526 20.6 16.7 78 3.9 18.0 40 25 298.1 300.4 293.0 335.0 12.68 3 900 991 16.7 15.6 94 1.0 16.0 48 30 298.7 301.0 293.1 335.1 12.51 4 850 1477 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 71 30 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.2 11.49 5 800 1987 11.4 11.0 97 0.4 11.2 74 28 303.3 305.2 292.8 334.1 10.36 6 750 2526 9.3 8.4 94 0.9 8.8 62 29 306.6 308.4 293.0 334.6 9.26 7 700 3096 6.7 5.5 92 1.2 6.0 55 32 309.9 311.4 293.0 334.8 8.12 8 650 3702 3.3 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 63 36 312.7 314.0 293.2 335.3 7.27 9 600 4348 -0.2 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.5 69 39 315.8 317.0 293.0 335.0 6.04 10 550 5041 -3.6 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.6 64 40 319.8 320.7 292.9 334.6 4.56 11 500 5791 -6.5 -13.0 60 6.5 -9.1 56 34 325.1 325.7 293.0 334.7 2.82 12 450 6607 -11.6 -20.0 50 8.4 -14.3 49 31 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.8 1.74 13 400 7500 -16.6 -22.6 60 6.0 -18.4 38 31 333.4 333.7 294.1 339.0 1.55 14 350 8492 -23.0 -27.4 67 4.4 -24.1 29 24 337.7 338.0 294.8 342.0 1.15 15 300 9604 -30.7 -35.2 65 4.5 -31.4 25 23 342.1 342.3 295.4 344.6 0.64 16 250 10871 -41.0 -42.6 84 1.6 -41.2 47 25 345.1 345.1 295.8 346.5 0.36 17 200 12349 -52.4 -52.5 100 0.0 -52.4 22 7 349.7 349.8 296.7 350.4 0.15 18 150 14164 -61.1 -78.2 9 17.1 -61.3 183 13 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16631 -68.0 -82.5 11 14.4 -68.1 183 8 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.87 m Freezing level: 603.33 mb = 4305.35 m = 14124.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4253.39 m = 13954.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.08 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.39 mb = 958.51 m = 3144.67 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 1.81 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1184.90 m = 3887.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: 2.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.96 mb = 1067.12 m = 3501.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.96 mb = 1407.36 m = 4617.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.96 mb = 2230.73 m = 7318.58 ft B at Equ Level: 6.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 716.96 mb = 2898.21 m = 9508.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 61.2 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 91.2 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.6 neg: -8.6 tot: 127.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 27.18 m/s