MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-86.26 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 983 275 25.4 14.4 51 11.0 18.2 199 10 300.1 302.0 292.0 331.1 10.58 2 950 569 21.5 11.9 54 9.6 15.5 202 16 299.0 300.7 290.6 326.1 9.25 3 900 1034 17.1 10.7 66 6.4 13.1 205 17 299.1 300.7 290.4 325.5 9.01 4 850 1518 12.7 9.3 80 3.4 10.6 207 17 299.4 301.0 290.2 324.8 8.65 5 800 2024 8.5 6.3 86 2.2 7.3 209 19 300.2 301.6 289.5 322.5 7.52 6 750 2555 6.0 -2.6 54 8.6 1.8 210 26 303.1 303.9 287.4 315.9 4.20 7 700 3118 3.3 -11.1 34 14.4 -2.4 208 32 306.2 306.6 286.6 313.6 2.34 8 650 3715 0.8 -19.1 21 19.9 -5.8 209 38 309.8 310.1 286.8 314.1 1.30 9 600 4354 -2.5 -19.3 26 16.8 -7.9 212 40 313.2 313.5 288.1 317.8 1.38 10 550 5039 -6.2 -19.7 34 13.5 -10.5 220 42 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.6 1.46 11 500 5778 -10.3 -36.6 10 26.3 -15.4 224 48 320.5 320.5 289.3 321.7 0.33 12 450 6579 -16.7 -34.2 20 17.5 -20.0 226 47 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.47 13 400 7452 -23.4 -34.8 35 11.3 -25.3 229 43 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.50 14 350 8412 -31.6 -39.8 44 8.1 -32.6 231 40 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.4 0.34 15 300 9483 -39.9 -51.7 27 11.8 -40.5 244 46 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 16 250 10707 -47.6 -61.7 18 14.1 -48.0 246 50 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12158 -53.6 -68.3 15 14.7 -53.9 243 54 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13995 -57.7 -78.3 6 20.6 -58.0 228 37 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16504 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.0 -64.4 229 18 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.11 m Freezing level: 638.43 mb = 3862.94 m = 12673.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.24 mb = 2795.29 m = 9170.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.51 mb = 1651.96 m = 5419.74 ft T: 11.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.36 mb = 1875.88 m = 6154.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 2.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 17.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.40 mb = 1783.74 m = 5852.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.40 mb = 2040.75 m = 6695.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 738.40 mb = 2682.34 m = 8800.23 ft B at Equ Level: 4.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.40 mb = 3370.38 m = 11057.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 45.37 m/s