MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 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 169 SFC 992 240 19.6 18.2 92 1.4 18.7 181 8 293.4 295.8 292.1 331.4 13.36 2 950 610 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.5 175 21 294.4 296.6 291.6 329.6 12.29 3 900 1071 15.0 14.6 98 0.4 14.8 177 33 297.0 299.1 291.9 330.8 11.70 4 850 1555 13.5 13.1 98 0.4 13.3 193 37 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.3 11.25 5 800 2065 11.1 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 212 33 302.9 304.9 292.7 333.6 10.32 6 750 2603 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.1 221 30 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.7 8.95 7 700 3172 5.9 4.8 92 1.1 5.2 223 30 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.7 7.72 8 650 3776 2.8 1.6 92 1.2 2.1 223 33 312.1 313.4 292.4 332.8 6.63 9 600 4421 -0.9 -2.8 87 1.9 -1.9 222 36 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.19 10 550 5111 -5.1 -9.8 69 4.7 -7.1 224 38 318.1 318.7 291.4 328.9 3.31 11 500 5853 -9.9 -18.2 51 8.3 -12.6 228 40 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.1 1.82 12 450 6657 -15.1 -24.8 43 9.7 -17.6 232 45 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.14 13 400 7537 -21.1 -30.9 41 9.7 -23.1 236 53 327.5 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.73 14 350 8508 -28.1 -36.9 43 8.9 -29.4 236 54 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.6 0.46 15 300 9595 -36.0 -41.9 55 5.9 -36.6 234 62 334.6 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.32 16 250 10840 -43.7 -58.1 19 14.4 -44.3 237 83 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 17 200 12308 -53.5 -69.3 13 15.8 -53.8 244 96 348.0 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14108 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.6 246 69 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16565 -68.0 -82.7 11 14.7 -68.1 230 21 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.40 m Freezing level: 612.58 mb = 4258.46 m = 13971.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.28 mb = 4114.13 m = 13497.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.26 mb = 411.41 m = 1349.75 ft T: 18.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 909.78 m = 2984.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.23 C = 72.01 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5596.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.56 mb = 786.44 m = 2580.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 67.79 m/s