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: 36.07,-86.26 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 225 21.8 19.6 87 2.3 20.3 188 11 296.5 299.1 294.1 339.0 14.73 2 950 519 20.4 17.0 81 3.4 18.1 191 26 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.3 12.92 3 900 984 16.9 15.0 89 1.9 15.7 196 33 298.9 301.1 292.8 334.0 12.02 4 850 1470 14.0 13.0 94 1.0 13.4 204 35 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.7 11.16 5 800 1980 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 211 37 303.1 305.0 292.4 332.8 9.96 6 750 2518 8.2 7.2 93 1.0 7.6 215 38 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.54 7 700 3085 4.9 3.7 92 1.2 4.2 218 39 307.9 309.3 291.6 329.8 7.14 8 650 3687 1.2 0.4 94 0.8 0.8 218 39 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.2 6.08 9 600 4327 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 214 41 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.4 4.55 10 550 5012 -6.6 -12.6 62 6.0 -8.9 216 40 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.9 2.63 11 500 5751 -10.6 -19.6 48 9.0 -13.4 217 39 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.7 1.62 12 450 6553 -15.9 -23.6 52 7.7 -18.0 228 40 323.2 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.26 13 400 7429 -22.4 -29.2 53 6.9 -23.8 231 45 325.9 326.1 291.4 329.0 0.85 14 350 8396 -29.4 -36.2 52 6.7 -30.4 219 51 329.1 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.50 15 300 9479 -36.9 -42.2 58 5.3 -37.4 217 63 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.6 0.31 16 250 10715 -46.2 -48.5 77 2.3 -46.3 211 71 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.19 17 200 12164 -55.6 -64.7 31 9.1 -55.8 220 84 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13973 -59.8 -78.3 7 18.5 -60.0 206 67 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16466 -66.6 -82.8 9 16.2 -66.7 227 38 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.95 m Freezing level: 634.55 mb = 3884.37 m = 12743.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3796.75 m = 12456.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.90 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.87 mb = 510.72 m = 1675.56 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 14.06 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1208.24 m = 3963.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.59 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 475.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.10 mb = 1001.76 m = 3286.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.10 mb = 1740.67 m = 5710.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.10 mb = 9636.44 m = 31615.23 ft B at Equ Level: 473.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.10 mb = 12719.17 m = 41729.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 242.8 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): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 207.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 10.97 Bulk Shear: 43.39 m/s