MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-86.34 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 987 217 24.9 14.8 53 10.1 18.2 187 7 299.1 301.1 291.9 330.6 10.76 2 950 549 21.1 12.8 59 8.2 15.8 178 13 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.3 9.85 3 900 1014 16.7 11.8 72 5.0 13.6 170 14 298.8 300.5 290.9 327.0 9.68 4 850 1498 12.5 10.1 85 2.5 11.0 169 15 299.3 301.0 290.6 326.1 9.15 5 800 2004 8.7 7.4 92 1.2 7.9 173 15 300.4 301.9 290.0 324.3 8.11 6 750 2536 5.9 4.0 88 1.8 4.8 190 17 302.9 304.2 289.8 323.4 6.83 7 700 3100 4.0 1.2 82 2.8 2.5 212 18 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.1 5.96 8 650 3700 1.1 -0.3 91 1.4 0.4 214 20 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.2 5.78 9 600 4341 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.3 214 25 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.0 4.69 10 550 5026 -6.5 -10.7 72 4.2 -8.2 211 34 316.3 316.9 290.7 326.3 3.07 11 500 5769 -9.2 -31.4 15 22.2 -14.3 205 39 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.56 12 450 6574 -14.6 -43.6 7 29.0 -19.1 201 43 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.18 13 400 7455 -20.7 -53.3 4 32.6 -24.1 208 47 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.07 14 350 8426 -29.1 -49.1 13 20.1 -30.9 211 46 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.12 15 300 9505 -38.9 -50.1 30 11.1 -39.6 208 46 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 16 250 10730 -47.4 -58.0 29 10.6 -47.7 212 55 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12189 -52.4 -70.6 9 18.2 -52.8 212 49 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14013 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.3 205 46 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16502 -66.6 -82.8 8 16.2 -66.7 208 28 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.81 m Freezing level: 634.75 mb = 3895.48 m = 12780.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.97 mb = 3762.35 m = 12343.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.31 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.97 mb = 1488.37 m = 4883.04 ft T: 12.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1711.82 m = 5616.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 28.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.57 mb = 1591.26 m = 5220.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.57 mb = 1843.36 m = 6047.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.57 mb = 2920.20 m = 9580.58 ft B at Equ Level: 15.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 645.57 mb = 3754.97 m = 12319.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.3 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 231.3 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 21.67 m/s