MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-86.18 Latitude: 36.14 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 102 SFC 984 239 22.3 17.6 75 4.7 19.1 169 14 296.8 299.1 292.8 334.1 12.93 2 950 546 18.8 15.9 83 2.9 16.9 172 28 296.3 298.4 292.0 331.1 12.07 3 900 1008 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.8 188 37 298.5 300.6 292.0 331.2 11.21 4 850 1495 15.3 10.6 73 4.8 12.4 202 31 302.2 304.0 291.8 330.3 9.46 5 800 2007 12.3 7.6 73 4.7 9.5 213 27 304.2 305.8 291.4 328.8 8.20 6 750 2546 8.7 4.7 76 4.0 6.4 222 27 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.7 7.15 7 700 3113 4.7 2.3 84 2.4 3.4 225 28 307.7 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.49 8 650 3714 0.6 -0.6 92 1.2 -0.0 221 27 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.1 5.64 9 600 4352 -3.4 -5.3 87 1.9 -4.3 218 28 312.2 313.0 290.5 325.8 4.30 10 550 5037 -6.7 -9.4 81 2.7 -7.8 216 32 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.41 11 500 5776 -10.6 -11.3 94 0.8 -10.9 221 35 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.8 3.22 12 450 6580 -15.2 -15.5 97 0.4 -15.3 224 37 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.7 2.54 13 400 7460 -21.1 -21.1 100 0.1 -21.1 219 38 327.6 327.9 292.7 333.7 1.77 14 350 8432 -28.6 -28.6 100 0.0 -28.6 212 43 330.2 330.4 292.8 334.0 1.03 15 300 9519 -35.4 -41.4 54 6.0 -36.0 221 62 335.5 335.5 293.5 336.8 0.34 16 250 10764 -44.2 -54.8 30 10.6 -44.7 221 68 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.09 17 200 12229 -53.5 -63.2 30 9.7 -53.8 222 67 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14033 -63.6 -75.1 20 11.4 -63.7 221 60 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16488 -67.0 -82.8 9 15.8 -67.1 218 31 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.85 m Freezing level: 642.69 mb = 3807.12 m = 12490.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3706.73 m = 12161.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.36 mb = 835.42 m = 2740.85 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1843.96 m = 6049.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.83 mb = 1086.00 m = 3562.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.83 mb = 3150.03 m = 10334.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.83 mb = 5979.69 m = 19618.16 ft B at Equ Level: 98.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.83 mb = 8702.16 m = 28550.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 213.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 47.11 m/s