MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-85.87 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 980 280 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.1 144 3 294.4 296.5 291.0 327.4 11.51 2 950 551 20.8 13.3 62 7.5 16.0 172 10 298.3 300.1 291.1 327.9 10.15 3 900 1016 17.5 11.9 69 5.7 14.0 168 15 299.6 301.4 291.2 328.2 9.74 4 850 1502 13.6 10.2 80 3.3 11.5 175 17 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.6 9.26 5 800 2011 10.3 8.1 86 2.2 8.9 191 17 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.2 8.47 6 750 2546 7.0 6.0 93 1.0 6.4 208 20 304.1 305.6 291.0 327.6 7.83 7 700 3110 3.5 2.3 92 1.2 2.9 211 24 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.1 6.48 8 650 3709 0.5 -5.1 66 5.5 -2.1 211 31 309.5 310.3 289.4 322.2 4.04 9 600 4346 -3.2 -14.2 42 11.0 -7.2 218 35 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.3 2.12 10 550 5031 -6.3 -30.6 13 24.3 -12.1 226 38 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.5 0.54 11 500 5771 -9.6 -39.1 7 29.5 -15.1 224 40 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.26 12 450 6577 -14.4 -31.7 21 17.4 -18.1 213 39 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.60 13 400 7458 -21.4 -38.2 21 16.7 -24.1 220 42 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.35 14 350 8425 -30.0 -49.7 13 19.7 -31.7 220 50 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.12 15 300 9500 -39.6 -52.4 24 12.8 -40.4 212 49 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.10 16 250 10719 -49.0 -56.8 40 7.8 -49.3 214 52 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12175 -51.1 -71.4 7 20.2 -51.5 211 52 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14014 -58.4 -79.0 5 20.6 -58.7 219 42 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16509 -65.2 -82.9 7 17.6 -65.4 226 24 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.08 m Freezing level: 643.65 mb = 3789.88 m = 12433.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.98 mb = 3452.25 m = 11326.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.21 mb = 778.64 m = 2554.55 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1919.10 m = 6296.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 32.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.57 mb = 1506.43 m = 4942.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.57 mb = 3056.84 m = 10028.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 674.57 mb = 3409.08 m = 11184.51 ft B at Equ Level: 17.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 554.57 mb = 4965.86 m = 16291.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.7 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 241.7 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 59.37 m/s