MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 35.36,-85.46 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -85.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 956 471 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.9 333 9 296.6 299.0 292.8 334.1 12.98 2 950 522 19.0 16.8 87 2.2 17.5 335 12 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.3 12.77 3 900 984 15.0 15.0 100 0.1 15.0 346 24 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.7 11.98 4 850 1468 13.7 13.5 98 0.2 13.6 17 30 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.3 11.51 5 800 1980 12.6 11.3 92 1.2 11.8 23 30 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.2 10.58 6 750 2520 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 24 32 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.9 9.65 7 700 3091 6.5 5.9 96 0.6 6.1 25 34 309.7 311.3 293.1 335.3 8.34 8 650 3697 3.5 1.9 89 1.6 2.6 27 34 313.0 314.2 292.8 334.1 6.77 9 600 4343 0.1 -0.7 94 0.9 -0.3 38 33 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.5 6.06 10 550 5038 -3.0 -4.3 90 1.3 -3.7 35 26 320.5 321.5 293.5 336.9 5.04 11 500 5788 -6.6 -8.9 84 2.3 -7.6 25 28 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.1 3.92 12 450 6605 -11.1 -13.8 80 2.7 -12.2 28 31 329.3 329.9 294.1 339.3 2.92 13 400 7502 -15.9 -20.2 70 4.2 -17.3 41 31 334.3 334.7 294.6 341.1 1.92 14 350 8497 -22.0 -26.4 67 4.4 -23.1 44 16 339.1 339.3 295.2 343.7 1.26 15 300 9610 -31.1 -33.6 79 2.5 -31.5 28 16 341.5 341.7 295.4 344.4 0.75 16 250 10873 -41.7 -41.7 100 -0.0 -41.7 44 16 344.1 344.1 295.7 345.6 0.39 17 200 12343 -53.3 -53.3 100 0.0 -53.3 131 15 348.3 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.13 18 150 14158 -60.5 -76.3 11 15.8 -60.7 176 15 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16628 -68.9 -82.5 12 13.6 -68.9 185 4 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.05 m Freezing level: 597.66 mb = 4375.96 m = 14356.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.61 mb = 4268.26 m = 14003.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.01 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.15 mb = 785.15 m = 2575.93 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.41 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 963.31 m = 3160.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.00 C = 68.01 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 3.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: 2.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.97 mb = 1031.13 m = 3382.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.97 mb = 1078.61 m = 3538.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.97 mb = 1174.35 m = 3852.82 ft B at Equ Level: 15.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 819.97 mb = 1771.68 m = 5812.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 24.3 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 54.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 54.63 m/s