MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 36.34,-86.81 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -86.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 992 206 27.9 14.4 44 13.4 19.0 36 10 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.7 10.47 2 950 583 22.6 12.4 53 10.2 16.1 40 15 300.1 301.9 291.2 328.3 9.57 3 900 1050 18.2 11.3 64 6.9 13.9 44 15 300.3 302.0 291.1 327.9 9.40 4 850 1537 14.0 9.6 75 4.4 11.3 50 16 300.8 302.4 290.9 327.0 8.88 5 800 2047 12.1 4.1 58 8.0 7.6 61 16 304.0 305.2 289.8 323.3 6.40 6 750 2585 9.2 0.1 53 9.1 4.5 60 14 306.6 307.6 289.5 322.4 5.14 7 700 3154 6.3 -0.8 60 7.1 2.7 57 12 309.5 310.5 290.4 325.5 5.15 8 650 3758 2.6 -3.0 67 5.6 -0.2 66 16 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.73 9 600 4401 -1.3 -8.4 58 7.2 -4.4 47 26 314.7 315.3 290.5 325.6 3.38 10 550 5090 -5.4 -14.5 49 9.1 -8.8 26 33 317.7 318.1 290.3 325.2 2.26 11 500 5830 -10.7 -13.9 77 3.2 -11.9 32 32 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.6 2.60 12 450 6634 -14.4 -20.1 62 5.7 -16.2 1 17 325.1 325.5 292.0 331.0 1.72 13 400 7520 -18.9 -36.1 20 17.2 -22.0 338 14 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.44 14 350 8498 -27.1 -45.2 16 18.1 -29.2 328 12 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.19 15 300 9588 -35.4 -52.4 16 17.0 -36.6 337 13 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 16 250 10840 -41.7 -64.9 6 23.2 -42.6 303 16 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 17 200 12327 -49.6 -70.7 7 21.1 -50.1 262 21 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14167 -59.5 -77.9 7 18.4 -59.7 248 20 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16635 -68.9 -82.4 12 13.5 -69.0 252 9 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.06 m Freezing level: 616.23 mb = 4192.36 m = 13754.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3723.64 m = 12216.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.28 mb = 1887.63 m = 6192.94 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.12 mb = 2638.67 m = 8656.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.00 C = 91.40 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 27.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6502.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.36 mb = 1886.80 m = 6190.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 42.8 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 72.8 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -3.7 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 7.14 m/s