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: 36.14,-86.26 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 984 228 23.3 18.7 75 4.6 20.1 185 13 297.8 300.4 293.9 338.2 13.93 2 950 535 20.5 16.6 78 3.9 17.9 186 27 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.7 12.63 3 900 1000 16.5 15.3 92 1.3 15.7 188 31 298.5 300.8 292.8 334.1 12.20 4 850 1485 13.8 12.7 93 1.1 13.1 203 33 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.7 10.92 5 800 1996 11.3 9.8 90 1.5 10.4 215 35 303.2 305.0 292.2 331.7 9.56 6 750 2533 7.9 7.1 95 0.8 7.5 213 33 305.2 306.7 291.9 330.7 8.49 7 700 3099 4.4 3.9 96 0.5 4.1 209 31 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.5 7.25 8 650 3700 0.9 0.5 98 0.3 0.7 211 32 310.0 311.1 291.4 328.9 6.13 9 600 4340 -2.8 -3.6 94 0.8 -3.1 220 35 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.91 10 550 5025 -6.2 -9.5 77 3.4 -7.6 224 38 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.7 3.37 11 500 5765 -10.7 -15.9 65 5.2 -12.5 229 38 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.5 2.22 12 450 6567 -16.5 -22.5 60 5.9 -18.1 235 40 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.40 13 400 7443 -21.9 -24.8 77 3.0 -22.6 226 43 326.6 326.8 292.0 331.0 1.28 14 350 8413 -28.7 -28.7 100 0.0 -28.7 213 50 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.03 15 300 9496 -36.7 -37.7 91 0.9 -36.8 213 60 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.5 0.50 16 250 10737 -44.7 -51.9 44 7.3 -45.1 216 81 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.1 0.13 17 200 12198 -53.7 -66.6 19 12.9 -53.9 217 77 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14007 -63.0 -75.0 18 11.9 -63.1 212 62 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16478 -65.0 -82.9 7 17.9 -65.1 221 36 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.36 m Freezing level: 637.96 mb = 3853.96 m = 12644.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.28 mb = 3807.88 m = 12492.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.86 mb = 812.19 m = 2664.64 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1189.94 m = 3903.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.03 mb = 1056.33 m = 3465.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.03 mb = 1594.60 m = 5231.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 309.03 mb = 9287.76 m = 30471.29 ft B at Equ Level: 411.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.03 mb = 11908.89 m = 39070.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.4 neg: -22.3 tot: 159.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 10.86 Bulk Shear: 38.04 m/s