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: 36.34,-86.42 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 983 220 21.5 19.5 88 2.0 20.1 196 12 296.1 298.8 293.9 338.3 14.67 2 950 514 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 198 26 297.0 299.4 293.2 335.3 13.23 3 900 979 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 203 34 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.3 12.31 4 850 1464 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.4 209 36 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.8 11.34 5 800 1974 11.1 10.7 98 0.3 10.9 210 38 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.2 10.18 6 750 2511 8.2 7.7 96 0.5 7.9 212 41 305.5 307.1 292.3 332.0 8.82 7 700 3079 4.6 3.1 90 1.5 3.8 216 42 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.5 6.85 8 650 3679 1.1 -1.5 83 2.6 -0.2 213 43 310.2 311.2 290.7 326.6 5.27 9 600 4319 -2.7 -7.0 72 4.3 -4.6 212 44 313.0 313.8 290.3 325.1 3.78 10 550 5004 -6.3 -13.2 58 7.0 -8.9 215 42 316.6 317.1 290.2 324.9 2.50 11 500 5744 -10.4 -18.8 50 8.3 -13.1 215 41 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.2 1.73 12 450 6546 -16.1 -24.0 50 8.0 -18.1 225 41 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.22 13 400 7422 -22.3 -30.3 48 8.0 -23.9 226 47 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.77 14 350 8389 -29.5 -36.6 50 7.1 -30.5 218 53 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.47 15 300 9470 -37.4 -44.0 50 6.6 -37.9 218 63 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.26 16 250 10705 -46.4 -49.7 69 3.3 -46.6 212 71 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12152 -55.9 -64.1 35 8.2 -56.1 217 81 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13963 -58.9 -78.7 6 19.8 -59.1 207 69 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16458 -65.5 -82.9 7 17.4 -65.7 223 38 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.76 m Freezing level: 635.28 mb = 3867.64 m = 12688.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.69 mb = 3645.75 m = 11960.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.64 mb = 472.25 m = 1549.35 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 1034.10 m = 3392.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.40 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.45 mb = 888.94 m = 2916.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.45 mb = 1320.97 m = 4333.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.45 mb = 9830.49 m = 32251.88 ft B at Equ Level: 501.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.45 mb = 12661.46 m = 41539.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 184.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 11.89 Bulk Shear: 42.33 m/s