MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 35.80,-86.58 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -86.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 986 215 22.7 19.4 82 3.3 20.4 183 13 297.0 299.7 294.1 339.1 14.54 2 950 535 20.2 17.0 82 3.1 18.1 186 27 297.7 300.0 293.1 335.3 12.97 3 900 1000 16.5 15.4 94 1.0 15.8 191 32 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.4 12.34 4 850 1486 14.0 12.8 93 1.2 13.3 203 34 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.3 11.02 5 800 1996 11.5 9.4 87 2.2 10.2 215 35 303.4 305.1 292.0 331.1 9.27 6 750 2534 8.4 5.9 84 2.5 6.9 215 34 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.2 7.80 7 700 3101 4.6 3.2 90 1.4 3.8 211 33 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.7 6.90 8 650 3702 1.0 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 214 31 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.11 9 600 4342 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 224 36 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.97 10 550 5028 -6.0 -11.8 64 5.8 -8.3 224 38 316.9 317.5 290.6 326.1 2.81 11 500 5768 -10.6 -18.9 51 8.3 -13.2 227 40 320.1 320.4 290.5 325.9 1.72 12 450 6569 -16.4 -26.3 42 9.9 -18.7 235 40 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 0.99 13 400 7445 -22.0 -26.6 66 4.6 -23.1 229 45 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.2 1.08 14 350 8414 -28.7 -29.3 95 0.6 -28.8 212 50 330.1 330.2 292.7 333.6 0.97 15 300 9498 -36.7 -38.3 85 1.6 -36.8 212 61 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.5 0.47 16 250 10738 -44.9 -51.5 47 6.6 -45.2 216 81 339.3 339.4 294.3 339.9 0.13 17 200 12198 -53.9 -68.1 16 14.2 -54.2 218 78 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14007 -62.8 -75.5 17 12.7 -63.0 213 62 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16478 -65.2 -82.9 7 17.7 -65.3 221 37 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.13 m Freezing level: 635.55 mb = 3886.69 m = 12751.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.89 mb = 3826.98 m = 12555.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.87 mb = 627.35 m = 2058.21 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 1086.96 m = 3566.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.58 mb = 965.75 m = 3168.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.58 mb = 1700.48 m = 5578.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.58 mb = 9530.76 m = 31268.51 ft B at Equ Level: 451.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.58 mb = 12242.87 m = 40166.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.2 neg: -12.6 tot: 177.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 42.75 m/s