MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 35.80,-86.50 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 996 211 18.4 13.5 73 4.9 15.4 195 3 291.9 293.7 288.7 319.8 9.83 2 950 617 18.5 10.5 59 8.1 13.7 164 20 296.0 297.5 288.9 320.4 8.41 3 900 1078 15.0 9.1 68 5.9 11.5 162 29 297.0 298.4 288.9 320.5 8.08 4 850 1560 11.6 7.6 76 4.1 9.3 161 34 298.3 299.7 289.0 321.0 7.72 5 800 2065 9.3 6.8 84 2.5 7.9 164 25 301.1 302.5 290.0 324.2 7.80 6 750 2600 7.8 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 169 16 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.14 7 700 3167 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.3 196 12 308.0 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.19 8 650 3769 1.3 0.6 95 0.7 0.9 221 12 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.5 6.15 9 600 4411 -1.3 -1.4 99 0.1 -1.4 227 17 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.8 5.76 10 550 5102 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 219 26 319.1 320.1 293.1 335.2 5.00 11 500 5848 -8.8 -9.5 95 0.7 -9.1 221 35 322.3 323.0 293.0 334.6 3.73 12 450 6657 -13.9 -17.6 73 3.7 -15.1 213 40 325.8 326.2 292.6 333.1 2.14 13 400 7543 -19.4 -23.1 73 3.7 -20.4 203 55 329.8 330.1 293.0 335.0 1.49 14 350 8521 -25.9 -31.1 62 5.2 -26.9 216 58 333.8 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.81 15 300 9621 -33.3 -44.0 33 10.7 -34.4 224 71 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 16 250 10877 -42.4 -52.1 34 9.7 -42.9 233 88 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.6 0.12 17 200 12347 -53.6 -65.1 23 11.5 -53.8 232 91 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.03 18 150 14138 -66.1 -75.2 27 9.0 -66.2 232 77 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16567 -70.5 -81.8 17 11.3 -70.5 221 23 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.85 m Freezing level: 624.73 mb = 4093.37 m = 13429.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.34 mb = 4015.32 m = 13173.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.02 mb = 835.05 m = 2739.64 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 738.67 mb = 2724.96 m = 8940.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lifted Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.41 C Showalter Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.39 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 2.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8543.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.10 mb = 1509.17 m = 4951.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.2 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 224.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.9 neg: -61.2 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 19.63 m/s