MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-86.66 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 990 196 20.6 14.5 68 6.1 16.7 163 8 294.6 296.4 290.2 324.7 10.51 2 950 553 17.0 13.0 77 4.0 14.4 167 16 294.4 296.2 289.6 322.9 9.92 3 900 1014 16.5 9.7 64 6.8 12.4 181 21 298.5 300.1 289.8 323.2 8.43 4 850 1499 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.0 184 17 299.7 301.2 289.7 323.1 7.92 5 800 2005 8.5 6.7 89 1.8 7.5 188 15 300.2 301.6 289.7 323.0 7.72 6 750 2535 5.0 4.4 95 0.7 4.6 188 14 302.0 303.3 289.6 322.9 7.00 7 700 3099 4.3 -2.0 64 6.3 1.2 208 18 307.3 308.2 289.3 321.9 4.73 8 650 3699 1.2 -5.8 60 6.9 -2.0 218 19 310.3 311.0 289.5 322.3 3.83 9 600 4340 -1.1 -14.9 34 13.8 -6.2 202 24 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.4 2.00 10 550 5029 -5.0 -19.9 30 14.9 -9.8 202 31 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.0 1.43 11 500 5771 -9.5 -22.2 35 12.6 -13.3 203 35 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.9 1.30 12 450 6578 -13.9 -29.8 25 16.0 -17.6 201 35 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.4 0.72 13 400 7461 -20.6 -37.9 20 17.3 -23.4 209 39 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.6 0.36 14 350 8432 -29.2 -41.6 29 12.4 -30.6 208 40 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.29 15 300 9511 -38.5 -47.5 38 9.0 -39.1 210 46 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.18 16 250 10739 -46.7 -58.6 25 11.8 -47.1 214 51 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12199 -52.4 -70.2 10 17.9 -52.7 216 52 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14023 -60.8 -77.8 9 17.0 -61.0 205 39 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16505 -66.4 -82.9 8 16.5 -66.5 208 24 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.25 m Freezing level: 624.57 mb = 4025.19 m = 13205.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.34 mb = 3317.70 m = 10884.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.77 mb = 969.06 m = 3179.30 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 1.84 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1829.14 m = 6001.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 5.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.51 C K Index: 24.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7298.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.14 mb = 1329.36 m = 4361.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -14.6 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 20.80 m/s