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: 36.68,-86.81 Latitude: 36.68 Longitude: -86.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 195 19.6 18.3 92 1.3 18.7 251 11 294.0 296.4 292.4 332.5 13.50 2 950 510 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 253 19 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.2 12.29 3 900 970 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 236 24 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.3 11.61 4 850 1453 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 227 30 299.5 301.5 292.1 331.4 10.87 5 800 1962 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.1 220 33 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.7 9.68 6 750 2497 7.7 7.2 96 0.5 7.4 210 38 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.5 8.51 7 700 3064 4.1 3.3 94 0.8 3.7 207 44 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.1 6.92 8 650 3663 0.4 -1.5 87 1.9 -0.6 204 47 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.8 5.28 9 600 4302 -2.7 -5.9 79 3.2 -4.2 206 48 313.0 313.7 290.6 326.0 4.10 10 550 4988 -6.0 -10.3 71 4.3 -7.7 208 48 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.4 3.18 11 500 5729 -10.5 -15.7 66 5.1 -12.3 209 47 320.2 320.7 291.1 327.8 2.26 12 450 6531 -15.9 -21.6 62 5.7 -17.6 216 47 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.4 1.51 13 400 7407 -22.0 -27.7 60 5.7 -23.2 220 50 326.4 326.6 291.7 329.9 0.98 14 350 8375 -29.5 -34.4 63 4.9 -30.3 217 55 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.59 15 300 9454 -38.2 -45.1 49 6.8 -38.8 217 65 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.4 0.23 16 250 10683 -47.4 -54.9 42 7.5 -47.7 215 73 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12127 -56.5 -63.3 42 6.7 -56.7 210 76 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13947 -57.6 -79.1 5 21.5 -57.8 211 69 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.3 -83.0 6 18.8 -64.4 225 38 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.88 m Freezing level: 643.41 mb = 3747.45 m = 12294.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.71 mb = 3580.13 m = 11745.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.61 mb = 361.43 m = 1185.78 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.55 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 751.38 m = 2465.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.11 C = 69.99 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.47 mb = 714.32 m = 2343.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.47 mb = 2804.38 m = 9200.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 572.47 mb = 4672.60 m = 15329.87 ft B at Equ Level: 44.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.47 mb = 6826.49 m = 22396.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: -12.5 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 104.35 m/s