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,-86.18 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 982 235 22.0 19.6 86 2.4 20.4 185 11 296.7 299.4 294.2 339.5 14.81 2 950 520 20.5 16.9 80 3.6 18.1 188 26 298.0 300.3 293.2 335.4 12.88 3 900 985 16.9 15.0 88 1.9 15.7 193 32 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.9 11.98 4 850 1472 14.2 13.0 93 1.2 13.4 202 34 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.13 5 800 1982 11.3 10.3 94 1.0 10.7 212 36 303.2 305.1 292.4 332.7 9.90 6 750 2520 8.3 7.0 92 1.3 7.5 216 37 305.6 307.1 292.0 330.9 8.41 7 700 3087 5.0 3.6 90 1.4 4.2 218 38 308.0 309.4 291.6 329.7 7.09 8 650 3689 1.2 0.7 96 0.6 1.0 219 38 310.4 311.5 291.6 329.6 6.20 9 600 4329 -2.7 -3.8 92 1.1 -3.3 215 40 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.1 4.80 10 550 5014 -6.6 -12.4 63 5.8 -8.8 217 39 316.3 316.8 290.3 325.0 2.68 11 500 5753 -10.6 -20.2 45 9.6 -13.5 218 38 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.4 1.54 12 450 6556 -15.9 -23.7 51 7.8 -18.0 229 38 323.2 323.5 291.0 327.6 1.26 13 400 7432 -22.4 -29.0 55 6.6 -23.7 232 44 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.0 0.87 14 350 8398 -29.5 -36.1 53 6.6 -30.4 219 50 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.9 0.50 15 300 9482 -36.8 -41.5 62 4.7 -37.2 216 64 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.34 16 250 10718 -46.1 -48.2 79 2.1 -46.2 212 72 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 17 200 12168 -55.5 -64.9 30 9.4 -55.7 221 85 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 13976 -60.2 -78.3 8 18.1 -60.3 205 66 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16469 -66.9 -82.8 9 15.9 -67.0 229 39 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.05 m Freezing level: 634.37 mb = 3889.07 m = 12759.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3829.73 m = 12564.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.21 mb = 536.36 m = 1759.68 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1242.15 m = 4075.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.30 C = 77.54 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 473.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.60 mb = 1027.06 m = 3369.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.60 mb = 1768.11 m = 5800.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.60 mb = 9467.49 m = 31060.94 ft B at Equ Level: 473.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.60 mb = 12471.01 m = 40914.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 10.62 Bulk Shear: 44.64 m/s