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: 35.80,-86.50 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 984 212 21.5 19.3 88 2.1 20.0 193 11 296.0 298.6 293.7 337.7 14.50 2 950 519 20.7 16.9 79 3.7 18.1 195 26 298.2 300.5 293.2 335.6 12.88 3 900 985 17.4 14.8 85 2.6 15.7 202 32 299.5 301.6 292.9 334.2 11.88 4 850 1471 14.2 12.7 91 1.5 13.3 206 34 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.3 10.95 5 800 1982 11.4 10.3 93 1.1 10.7 211 37 303.3 305.1 292.4 332.7 9.88 6 750 2519 8.1 7.6 96 0.5 7.8 215 38 305.4 307.0 292.2 331.7 8.75 7 700 3086 4.9 4.5 97 0.4 4.7 220 39 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.1 7.59 8 650 3688 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.2 221 39 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.2 6.35 9 600 4328 -2.8 -5.3 83 2.4 -4.0 213 40 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.5 4.31 10 550 5013 -6.6 -13.3 59 6.7 -9.1 218 41 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.4 2.49 11 500 5752 -10.5 -17.8 55 7.3 -12.9 219 40 320.2 320.6 290.7 326.6 1.89 12 450 6555 -15.9 -22.6 57 6.6 -17.7 230 41 323.2 323.5 291.2 328.0 1.39 13 400 7431 -22.3 -28.5 57 6.2 -23.6 231 46 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.2 0.91 14 350 8398 -29.3 -35.4 55 6.1 -30.2 221 52 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.53 15 300 9480 -36.9 -42.7 55 5.8 -37.5 219 60 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.29 16 250 10716 -46.4 -48.0 83 1.6 -46.4 211 68 337.1 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.20 17 200 12165 -55.7 -64.3 33 8.6 -55.9 221 84 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13971 -59.7 -78.3 7 18.6 -59.9 208 68 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16466 -66.6 -82.8 8 16.2 -66.7 226 37 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.59 m Freezing level: 633.73 mb = 3896.40 m = 12783.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3831.58 m = 12570.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.39 mb = 478.72 m = 1570.59 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1306.48 m = 4286.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.78 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 471.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.83 mb = 1043.06 m = 3422.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.83 mb = 1889.23 m = 6198.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.83 mb = 9506.79 m = 31189.87 ft B at Equ Level: 471.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.83 mb = 12525.44 m = 41093.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 11.75 Bulk Shear: 40.17 m/s