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: 36.81,-86.73 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 988 189 21.2 19.2 89 2.0 19.8 188 14 295.4 298.0 293.4 336.5 14.32 2 950 524 18.6 17.3 93 1.2 17.8 190 30 296.0 298.4 292.8 334.1 13.22 3 900 987 15.7 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 198 38 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.2 12.26 4 850 1471 13.4 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 205 39 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.6 11.04 5 800 1981 11.2 9.6 90 1.6 10.2 206 40 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.1 9.43 6 750 2518 8.1 6.7 91 1.4 7.3 210 42 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.2 8.26 7 700 3085 4.5 2.9 89 1.6 3.7 215 43 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.1 6.75 8 650 3685 0.5 -0.4 94 0.9 0.0 215 44 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.2 5.72 9 600 4324 -3.1 -3.9 94 0.9 -3.5 214 44 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.6 4.77 10 550 5008 -6.7 -12.7 62 6.0 -9.0 217 44 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.7 2.62 11 500 5747 -10.6 -21.9 39 11.3 -13.9 221 42 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.6 1.32 12 450 6549 -16.3 -30.2 29 13.9 -19.3 230 43 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.69 13 400 7423 -22.9 -36.0 29 13.1 -25.0 230 47 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.44 14 350 8388 -29.5 -34.1 65 4.5 -30.2 210 56 328.9 329.0 292.0 331.2 0.61 15 300 9469 -38.0 -38.0 100 -0.0 -38.0 202 64 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.48 16 250 10702 -45.0 -59.8 17 14.8 -45.6 214 84 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12164 -53.7 -68.0 16 14.3 -54.0 213 83 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13975 -61.7 -77.9 10 16.3 -61.8 206 67 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16467 -64.8 -83.0 6 18.3 -64.9 223 36 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.68 m Freezing level: 643.41 mb = 3769.14 m = 12365.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3688.39 m = 12100.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.77 mb = 435.60 m = 1429.11 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 846.65 m = 2777.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.97 mb = 770.94 m = 2529.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.97 mb = 1005.77 m = 3299.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.97 mb = 9745.70 m = 31973.68 ft B at Equ Level: 431.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.97 mb = 11907.67 m = 39066.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 8.38 Bulk Shear: 52.08 m/s