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,-86.18 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 167 SFC 992 240 18.9 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 213 6 292.7 295.1 291.9 330.7 13.39 2 950 607 17.0 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 201 18 294.5 296.7 291.8 330.3 12.53 3 900 1068 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 14.9 194 28 296.9 299.1 292.1 331.4 11.90 4 850 1552 13.4 13.3 100 0.1 13.4 201 35 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.6 11.40 5 800 2062 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 214 33 303.2 305.2 292.9 334.5 10.51 6 750 2600 8.9 8.6 98 0.4 8.7 224 35 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.5 9.37 7 700 3170 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 226 35 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.2 7.92 8 650 3774 2.5 -1.1 77 3.6 0.6 222 36 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.7 5.43 9 600 4418 -0.1 -13.7 35 13.5 -5.4 228 36 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.3 2.22 10 550 5109 -4.4 -25.6 17 21.2 -10.4 242 41 318.9 319.0 289.3 321.9 0.87 11 500 5852 -9.7 -30.4 17 20.8 -14.6 247 44 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.4 0.61 12 450 6655 -16.0 -30.6 27 14.6 -19.1 249 48 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.5 0.66 13 400 7530 -22.4 -39.5 20 17.0 -24.9 246 55 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.31 14 350 8498 -28.4 -50.8 10 22.4 -30.4 242 63 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.10 15 300 9584 -36.3 -54.2 14 17.8 -37.5 241 70 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 16 250 10831 -43.1 -64.0 8 20.9 -43.9 241 89 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 17 200 12302 -53.0 -69.1 12 16.1 -53.4 248 95 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14108 -63.4 -76.1 16 12.7 -63.5 246 62 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16558 -68.4 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.5 253 25 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.91 m Freezing level: 602.74 mb = 4382.82 m = 14379.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.93 mb = 3836.65 m = 12587.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.35 mb = 319.76 m = 1049.06 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 823.69 m = 2702.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.76 C = 71.17 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5052.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.09 mb = 742.00 m = 2434.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 231.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 66.72 m/s