MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-86.34 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 979 261 21.6 19.2 87 2.3 19.9 184 12 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.2 14.47 2 950 522 20.7 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 187 25 298.2 300.6 293.2 335.7 12.90 3 900 987 17.4 14.8 85 2.5 15.7 195 31 299.4 301.6 292.8 334.1 11.88 4 850 1474 14.4 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 203 33 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.5 10.94 5 800 1985 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.7 211 34 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.6 9.78 6 750 2523 8.3 7.3 93 1.0 7.7 216 36 305.6 307.2 292.1 331.4 8.57 7 700 3090 4.9 4.2 95 0.7 4.5 220 36 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.6 7.43 8 650 3692 1.3 0.9 97 0.4 1.1 221 37 310.5 311.6 291.7 329.9 6.29 9 600 4332 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.6 -3.5 217 38 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.62 10 550 5018 -6.4 -12.2 64 5.8 -8.7 220 39 316.5 317.0 290.4 325.4 2.73 11 500 5757 -10.5 -18.3 52 7.9 -13.0 221 38 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.4 1.80 12 450 6560 -15.8 -22.7 56 6.8 -17.7 232 39 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.1 1.37 13 400 7436 -22.2 -28.4 57 6.2 -23.5 233 44 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.4 0.92 14 350 8403 -29.2 -35.6 54 6.4 -30.2 221 50 329.4 329.5 292.1 331.3 0.53 15 300 9487 -36.7 -40.6 67 4.0 -37.1 217 61 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.37 16 250 10724 -46.1 -47.3 87 1.2 -46.2 212 70 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.21 17 200 12174 -55.7 -64.5 32 8.8 -55.8 222 85 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13978 -60.5 -78.0 8 17.6 -60.6 208 67 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16470 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 231 38 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.15 m Freezing level: 633.65 mb = 3901.18 m = 12799.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.25 mb = 3837.78 m = 12590.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.27 mb = 555.53 m = 1822.58 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.82 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1361.41 m = 4466.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.90 mb = 1093.05 m = 3586.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.90 mb = 2048.69 m = 6721.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.90 mb = 9396.22 m = 30827.12 ft B at Equ Level: 435.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.90 mb = 12700.06 m = 41666.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 10.01 Bulk Shear: 43.60 m/s