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: 35.93,-84.53 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -84.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 970 374 22.8 16.5 68 6.2 18.6 162 10 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.2 12.28 2 950 557 20.4 15.4 73 5.0 17.1 168 19 297.9 300.0 292.2 331.6 11.62 3 900 1021 16.2 14.1 87 2.1 14.8 176 25 298.2 300.2 292.0 331.0 11.28 4 850 1505 12.5 12.0 97 0.5 12.2 183 26 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.8 10.43 5 800 2013 10.4 9.3 93 1.1 9.7 197 25 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.7 9.25 6 750 2549 8.0 6.1 88 1.9 6.9 214 22 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.2 7.92 7 700 3117 5.0 2.9 86 2.1 3.8 220 23 308.0 309.2 291.3 328.6 6.75 8 650 3718 1.3 0.3 92 1.1 0.8 216 23 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.1 6.01 9 600 4359 -2.1 -3.6 89 1.5 -2.9 212 25 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.87 10 550 5046 -5.9 -12.5 60 6.6 -8.5 215 29 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.8 2.66 11 500 5787 -9.9 -21.8 37 11.9 -13.4 220 31 321.0 321.2 290.5 325.6 1.34 12 450 6592 -15.0 -22.8 51 7.8 -17.2 222 33 324.3 324.6 291.5 329.1 1.35 13 400 7472 -20.9 -31.6 38 10.7 -23.1 220 39 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.2 0.68 14 350 8445 -27.5 -44.4 18 16.9 -29.4 215 51 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 15 300 9537 -34.7 -51.2 17 16.5 -36.0 220 60 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 16 250 10783 -44.4 -53.9 34 9.5 -44.9 223 64 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.10 17 200 12248 -53.5 -63.6 28 10.2 -53.7 218 60 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14051 -64.3 -75.6 20 11.4 -64.4 212 60 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16497 -68.0 -82.7 10 14.7 -68.1 214 34 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.58 m Freezing level: 630.53 mb = 3967.89 m = 13017.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.24 mb = 3851.85 m = 12637.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.44 mb = 1159.40 m = 3803.77 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1354.83 m = 4444.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.79 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.89 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.72 mb = 1262.51 m = 4142.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.72 mb = 1507.99 m = 4947.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 809.72 mb = 1912.06 m = 6273.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.72 mb = 2442.15 m = 8012.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 32.66 m/s