MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-86.73 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 997 205 22.7 14.6 60 8.1 17.5 147 6 296.2 298.1 290.7 326.7 10.57 2 950 620 19.9 12.1 61 7.8 15.0 145 16 297.3 299.0 290.1 324.5 9.36 3 900 1083 16.0 10.2 68 5.8 12.4 146 20 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.4 8.70 4 850 1566 12.5 6.0 65 6.5 8.8 148 20 299.2 300.5 288.6 319.7 6.93 5 800 2072 8.8 2.4 64 6.3 5.4 151 18 300.5 301.6 287.9 317.6 5.71 6 750 2603 5.6 -0.4 66 5.9 2.6 159 19 302.6 303.5 288.0 317.6 4.97 7 700 3163 2.6 -11.2 35 13.8 -2.8 158 27 305.4 305.8 286.3 312.7 2.32 8 650 3760 0.9 -14.3 31 15.3 -4.7 160 34 310.0 310.4 287.5 316.3 1.93 9 600 4400 -2.6 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.0 165 35 313.1 313.9 290.7 326.4 4.20 10 550 5090 -3.7 -9.8 62 6.1 -6.3 222 14 319.7 320.4 291.9 330.6 3.30 11 500 5836 -8.7 -14.3 64 5.5 -10.8 240 21 322.4 322.9 291.9 330.9 2.53 12 450 6645 -13.0 -13.5 96 0.5 -13.2 202 32 326.9 327.5 293.6 337.0 2.99 13 400 7536 -17.4 -17.5 99 0.1 -17.4 190 48 332.3 332.8 294.5 340.8 2.42 14 350 8524 -23.7 -23.7 100 0.0 -23.7 191 50 336.8 337.1 295.0 342.6 1.61 15 300 9631 -32.3 -32.7 96 0.4 -32.3 202 53 339.9 340.1 295.0 343.0 0.82 16 250 10890 -42.6 -45.7 72 3.1 -42.8 211 59 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.26 17 200 12354 -55.4 -56.4 88 1.0 -55.5 216 66 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.09 18 150 14133 -65.8 -73.6 33 7.8 -65.9 230 69 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16554 -70.5 -82.1 17 11.6 -70.5 218 20 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.47 m Freezing level: 636.84 mb = 3928.73 m = 12889.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.90 mb = 2868.22 m = 9410.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.79 mb = 1227.22 m = 4026.28 ft T: 14.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1922.43 m = 6307.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lifted Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 7.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.25 C Cross Totals Index: 14.79 C K Index: 13.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 283.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6691.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.95 mb = 1576.50 m = 5172.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.6 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 199.6 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.8 neg: -4.6 tot: 78.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 20.41 m/s