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: 36.20,-84.45 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 965 402 23.4 16.6 66 6.8 18.8 174 10 299.6 301.8 293.3 335.8 12.38 2 950 535 21.7 15.4 67 6.3 17.5 175 19 299.2 301.3 292.6 333.1 11.63 3 900 1001 17.1 14.1 83 3.0 15.1 176 26 299.1 301.2 292.3 332.1 11.30 4 850 1486 13.4 12.2 93 1.2 12.7 181 27 300.2 302.1 292.0 331.2 10.58 5 800 1996 11.0 9.7 92 1.3 10.2 196 24 302.9 304.6 292.0 331.1 9.48 6 750 2533 8.7 5.2 79 3.5 6.6 210 22 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.4 7.40 7 700 3101 5.4 0.5 71 4.9 2.8 212 23 308.5 309.5 290.6 326.0 5.69 8 650 3704 2.3 -6.4 53 8.6 -1.7 215 25 311.5 312.2 289.7 323.1 3.66 9 600 4346 -1.6 -10.0 53 8.4 -5.1 219 27 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.0 2.99 10 550 5033 -5.7 -10.3 70 4.6 -7.6 222 30 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.7 3.17 11 500 5774 -10.6 -12.6 85 2.0 -11.3 223 31 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.7 2.90 12 450 6577 -15.6 -16.7 91 1.1 -16.0 222 36 323.6 324.1 292.1 331.4 2.30 13 400 7456 -21.5 -23.8 82 2.3 -22.1 220 41 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.9 1.39 14 350 8427 -28.2 -34.7 54 6.5 -29.2 214 51 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.58 15 300 9515 -36.2 -36.9 93 0.7 -36.2 217 60 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.4 0.54 16 250 10756 -45.0 -47.9 72 2.9 -45.2 217 66 339.2 339.2 294.3 340.0 0.20 17 200 12218 -53.9 -67.9 16 14.0 -54.1 218 68 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14021 -64.3 -73.2 28 9.0 -64.3 211 60 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16483 -66.1 -82.7 8 16.6 -66.2 226 35 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.52 m Freezing level: 620.41 mb = 4083.57 m = 13397.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.61 mb = 3474.05 m = 11397.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.78 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.25 mb = 1257.12 m = 4124.36 ft T: 15.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 12.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1501.73 m = 4926.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.24 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.37 mb = 1383.28 m = 4538.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.37 mb = 4142.71 m = 13591.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.37 mb = 7174.62 m = 23538.49 ft B at Equ Level: 34.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.37 mb = 8520.96 m = 27955.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 28.86 m/s