MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.19,-86.11 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -86.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 982 250 22.6 15.1 63 7.5 17.7 208 4 297.3 299.3 291.5 329.4 11.08 2 950 541 21.8 13.0 57 8.8 16.1 200 11 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.4 9.94 3 900 1008 17.7 11.7 68 6.0 13.9 183 14 299.7 301.5 291.1 327.9 9.61 4 850 1493 13.3 10.4 82 2.9 11.5 173 16 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.6 9.35 5 800 2001 9.2 8.1 93 1.0 8.6 172 18 300.9 302.5 290.6 326.1 8.53 6 750 2533 6.3 5.2 93 1.1 5.6 185 18 303.4 304.7 290.5 325.6 7.42 7 700 3098 3.7 3.5 99 0.1 3.6 208 18 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.0 7.07 8 650 3698 0.8 0.6 99 0.2 0.7 205 23 309.9 311.0 291.4 328.9 6.16 9 600 4337 -2.8 -4.0 92 1.2 -3.3 213 31 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.9 4.76 10 550 5022 -6.3 -15.7 47 9.4 -9.6 212 37 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.4 2.05 11 500 5762 -9.3 -45.1 4 35.8 -15.2 219 43 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.14 12 450 6569 -14.4 -38.2 11 23.8 -18.6 220 47 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.31 13 400 7450 -21.0 -47.0 8 26.0 -24.2 218 50 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.14 14 350 8419 -29.6 -50.9 11 21.2 -31.4 217 51 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.10 15 300 9496 -39.2 -51.6 26 12.4 -39.9 208 51 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 16 250 10718 -48.3 -56.9 36 8.6 -48.6 212 55 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12177 -51.6 -71.6 7 20.0 -52.0 213 48 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14009 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.1 -59.0 212 45 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16501 -65.5 -82.9 7 17.4 -65.6 220 28 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.78 m Freezing level: 638.88 mb = 3839.74 m = 12597.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.72 mb = 3799.92 m = 12466.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.61 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.18 mb = 1196.97 m = 3927.01 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1802.84 m = 5914.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 32.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.24 mb = 1630.01 m = 5347.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.24 mb = 1987.74 m = 6521.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 691.24 mb = 3199.55 m = 10497.07 ft B at Equ Level: 18.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 571.24 mb = 4723.51 m = 15496.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 32.99 m/s