MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-86.18 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 986 240 17.3 16.0 92 1.3 16.5 220 4 291.7 293.7 290.2 324.8 11.71 2 950 557 18.4 14.5 78 3.9 15.8 214 14 295.9 297.8 291.0 327.5 10.97 3 900 1020 16.1 12.6 79 3.6 13.8 190 18 298.1 300.0 291.1 327.9 10.21 4 850 1504 12.7 11.0 90 1.7 11.6 179 23 299.4 301.2 291.2 328.0 9.75 5 800 2011 9.6 8.9 96 0.7 9.2 184 24 301.3 303.0 291.1 327.9 8.99 6 750 2545 6.4 5.8 96 0.6 6.1 193 25 303.6 305.0 290.8 326.8 7.75 7 700 3108 2.8 0.1 82 2.7 1.4 199 33 305.6 306.6 289.5 322.5 5.52 8 650 3706 0.3 -9.7 47 10.0 -3.8 201 36 309.3 309.9 288.2 318.3 2.82 9 600 4343 -3.2 -15.7 37 12.5 -7.6 208 37 312.4 312.8 288.3 318.5 1.87 10 550 5027 -6.9 -24.6 23 17.7 -11.8 216 44 315.8 316.0 288.5 319.1 0.95 11 500 5766 -9.3 -45.1 4 35.8 -15.2 219 51 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.14 12 450 6573 -14.3 -41.1 8 26.9 -18.7 215 51 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.23 13 400 7453 -21.8 -46.3 9 24.6 -24.8 211 51 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.15 14 350 8418 -30.6 -50.3 13 19.7 -32.2 212 51 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.11 15 300 9491 -40.2 -52.1 27 11.9 -40.9 208 52 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 16 250 10707 -49.6 -57.8 38 8.2 -49.8 208 56 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.06 17 200 12157 -51.5 -69.6 10 18.0 -51.9 217 51 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14001 -58.4 -79.1 5 20.7 -58.6 217 36 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16506 -64.9 -83.0 7 18.1 -65.0 230 21 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.22 m Freezing level: 645.49 mb = 3763.26 m = 12346.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.33 mb = 3267.27 m = 10719.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.66 mb = 399.36 m = 1310.23 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1540.81 m = 5055.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.15 mb = 1113.42 m = 3652.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.15 mb = 2708.18 m = 8885.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 665.15 mb = 3520.02 m = 11548.47 ft B at Equ Level: 30.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 535.15 mb = 5239.31 m = 17189.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 235.1 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 60.85 m/s