MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-86.34 Latitude: 36.20 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 119 SFC 988 220 17.2 16.4 95 0.8 16.7 176 3 291.3 293.4 290.3 325.1 11.97 2 950 559 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.2 213 9 295.2 297.1 290.3 325.2 10.43 3 900 1020 15.2 10.6 74 4.6 12.4 206 14 297.2 298.8 289.8 323.3 8.96 4 850 1502 12.6 8.3 75 4.2 10.1 201 23 299.3 300.8 289.8 323.2 8.13 5 800 2009 9.6 6.1 79 3.5 7.6 197 31 301.4 302.8 289.8 323.5 7.42 6 750 2542 5.1 3.8 91 1.4 4.4 196 34 302.2 303.4 289.4 322.2 6.70 7 700 3103 3.1 -9.7 38 12.8 -2.1 198 36 305.9 306.4 286.8 314.1 2.61 8 650 3700 0.5 -19.8 20 20.3 -6.1 199 38 309.5 309.7 286.6 313.6 1.22 9 600 4338 -3.1 -18.9 28 15.8 -8.2 207 40 312.5 312.8 287.9 317.3 1.43 10 550 5021 -6.8 -29.6 14 22.9 -12.3 213 47 316.0 316.2 288.1 318.1 0.60 11 500 5760 -9.6 -45.2 4 35.7 -15.4 213 51 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.13 12 450 6565 -15.3 -39.9 10 24.5 -19.4 213 54 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.27 13 400 7441 -22.6 -42.8 14 20.3 -25.2 211 54 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.22 14 350 8405 -30.9 -47.1 19 16.2 -32.4 212 54 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.16 15 300 9476 -40.3 -52.6 26 12.3 -40.9 210 55 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.0 0.10 16 250 10691 -49.7 -60.5 27 10.8 -50.0 212 60 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12141 -52.2 -67.3 15 15.1 -52.5 222 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13985 -57.5 -79.1 5 21.6 -57.8 213 33 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16493 -64.1 -83.1 6 19.0 -64.3 223 19 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.06 m Freezing level: 643.32 mb = 3785.24 m = 12418.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.44 mb = 2913.99 m = 9560.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.53 mb = 313.79 m = 1029.49 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1748.19 m = 5735.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 17.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.57 mb = 1127.75 m = 3699.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.57 mb = 2611.67 m = 8568.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.57 mb = 2721.79 m = 8929.64 ft B at Equ Level: 22.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 663.57 mb = 3533.52 m = 11592.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.5 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 235.5 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 97.15 m/s