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: 36.19,-86.11 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -86.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 250 21.9 19.5 86 2.4 20.2 186 12 296.8 299.4 294.1 339.2 14.70 2 950 519 20.2 17.0 82 3.2 18.1 188 26 297.7 300.1 293.1 335.3 12.94 3 900 984 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.6 192 33 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.8 12.05 4 850 1470 14.0 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 202 35 300.8 302.9 292.7 333.9 11.25 5 800 1980 11.2 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 211 37 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.7 9.96 6 750 2517 8.3 7.0 91 1.4 7.5 215 38 305.6 307.2 292.0 330.9 8.39 7 700 3085 4.9 3.3 90 1.5 4.0 217 39 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.2 6.97 8 650 3686 1.1 -0.0 92 1.1 0.5 218 40 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.5 5.89 9 600 4326 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.6 216 41 313.0 313.8 291.0 327.5 4.60 10 550 5012 -6.4 -12.2 63 5.9 -8.7 215 39 316.5 317.1 290.4 325.4 2.72 11 500 5751 -10.5 -20.4 44 9.8 -13.5 217 38 320.2 320.5 290.4 325.3 1.51 12 450 6554 -15.9 -24.1 49 8.3 -18.0 229 38 323.3 323.5 291.0 327.5 1.21 13 400 7430 -22.3 -29.4 52 7.1 -23.8 231 44 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.0 0.83 14 350 8396 -29.4 -36.6 50 7.2 -30.4 218 50 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.9 0.48 15 300 9480 -36.8 -41.9 59 5.1 -37.3 217 64 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.32 16 250 10716 -46.0 -48.7 74 2.7 -46.2 212 72 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.18 17 200 12167 -55.6 -64.8 31 9.2 -55.8 220 84 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13974 -60.3 -78.2 8 17.9 -60.5 204 66 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16466 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 228 39 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.53 m Freezing level: 635.42 mb = 3873.00 m = 12706.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.33 mb = 3768.82 m = 12364.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.32 mb = 552.44 m = 1812.43 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 8.52 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1183.60 m = 3883.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 443.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.83 mb = 1004.40 m = 3295.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.83 mb = 1743.30 m = 5719.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.83 mb = 9413.94 m = 30885.26 ft B at Equ Level: 442.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.83 mb = 12396.14 m = 40669.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 217.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.6 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: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 9.84 Bulk Shear: 45.04 m/s