MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-86.10 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 990 250 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.5 218 6 292.9 295.3 292.0 331.0 13.42 2 950 607 17.1 16.6 96 0.6 16.8 203 17 294.6 296.8 291.9 330.5 12.57 3 900 1068 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.9 193 27 296.9 299.0 292.0 331.2 11.87 4 850 1552 13.3 13.3 100 0.0 13.3 198 34 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.5 11.37 5 800 2062 11.4 11.3 100 0.1 11.3 211 35 303.3 305.2 293.0 334.7 10.57 6 750 2600 9.0 8.8 98 0.2 8.9 224 36 306.4 308.1 293.0 335.0 9.50 7 700 3170 6.0 5.5 97 0.5 5.7 228 35 309.1 310.6 292.8 334.0 8.13 8 650 3774 2.4 -0.6 81 3.0 0.8 223 36 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.3 5.65 9 600 4419 -0.3 -12.3 40 12.0 -5.1 228 36 315.8 316.3 289.9 323.9 2.48 10 550 5109 -4.4 -25.2 18 20.8 -10.3 242 41 318.9 319.1 289.3 322.0 0.90 11 500 5852 -9.7 -30.6 16 20.9 -14.6 246 44 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.4 0.60 12 450 6655 -16.0 -30.6 27 14.7 -19.1 249 48 323.1 323.3 290.4 325.5 0.66 13 400 7530 -22.3 -39.5 19 17.2 -24.8 246 55 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.31 14 350 8499 -28.4 -50.5 10 22.1 -30.4 242 63 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.11 15 300 9585 -36.3 -53.3 16 17.0 -37.4 241 70 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 16 250 10833 -43.0 -64.0 8 21.0 -43.7 241 89 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 17 200 12304 -53.1 -69.1 13 16.0 -53.4 248 95 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14109 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.6 -63.6 246 63 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16558 -68.3 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.4 252 25 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.27 m Freezing level: 605.43 mb = 4348.77 m = 14267.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.90 mb = 3862.61 m = 12672.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.38 mb = 337.10 m = 1105.97 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.97 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 834.69 m = 2738.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.74 C = 71.14 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5148.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.58 mb = 756.04 m = 2480.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 246.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 67.75 m/s