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: 36.00,-85.16 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -85.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 955 488 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 172 12 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.2 13.13 2 950 530 21.6 16.7 73 5.0 18.3 173 15 299.1 301.4 293.3 336.1 12.65 3 900 996 17.1 14.8 86 2.3 15.6 175 27 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.7 11.85 4 850 1482 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 183 30 300.6 302.6 292.3 332.2 10.75 5 800 1992 11.3 9.3 88 2.0 10.1 203 27 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.8 9.26 6 750 2529 8.7 4.5 75 4.2 6.3 216 26 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.4 7.05 7 700 3097 5.3 1.1 74 4.2 3.1 215 26 308.3 309.4 290.7 326.6 5.92 8 650 3699 1.2 -2.5 77 3.7 -0.6 215 28 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.7 4.92 9 600 4339 -2.5 -4.6 85 2.1 -3.5 219 28 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.6 4.53 10 550 5026 -5.8 -6.5 94 0.8 -6.1 229 31 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.27 11 500 5767 -10.2 -16.5 60 6.3 -12.3 228 36 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.7 2.10 12 450 6571 -15.7 -21.1 64 5.3 -17.3 235 35 323.5 323.8 291.4 328.9 1.58 13 400 7448 -21.8 -24.0 82 2.2 -22.4 226 38 326.6 326.9 292.1 331.4 1.37 14 350 8418 -28.6 -28.7 99 0.1 -28.6 215 44 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.9 1.02 15 300 9504 -36.3 -36.3 100 -0.0 -36.3 215 60 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.57 16 250 10743 -45.7 -45.9 98 0.2 -45.7 219 70 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12200 -53.7 -67.8 16 14.1 -53.9 221 74 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14008 -63.1 -75.4 17 12.3 -63.3 209 61 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16479 -65.5 -82.8 7 17.3 -65.7 233 34 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.01 m Freezing level: 633.71 mb = 3907.24 m = 12818.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.46 mb = 3593.79 m = 11790.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.64 % Est. max temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.48 mb = 1067.15 m = 3501.11 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1450.47 m = 4758.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 211.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.39 mb = 1319.30 m = 4328.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.39 mb = 2736.24 m = 8977.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.39 mb = 8593.41 m = 28193.27 ft B at Equ Level: 210.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.39 mb = 11247.85 m = 36901.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 161.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 45.20 m/s