MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 35.39,-85.16 Latitude: 35.39 Longitude: -85.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 971 382 21.8 18.9 84 2.9 19.8 192 6 297.5 300.1 294.1 339.0 14.33 2 950 570 20.1 16.9 82 3.2 17.9 194 11 297.6 299.9 293.0 334.8 12.86 3 900 1034 16.3 15.2 93 1.1 15.6 193 14 298.3 300.6 292.7 333.8 12.17 4 850 1520 13.8 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 199 18 300.6 302.5 292.0 331.0 10.33 5 800 2029 10.8 8.8 88 2.0 9.6 206 21 302.7 304.3 291.5 329.2 8.93 6 750 2565 7.6 6.0 90 1.5 6.7 205 24 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.4 7.86 7 700 3131 4.6 1.5 80 3.1 2.9 206 30 307.6 308.8 290.6 326.3 6.09 8 650 3732 1.6 -7.2 52 8.7 -2.3 210 34 310.7 311.4 289.2 321.6 3.43 9 600 4373 -2.0 -15.8 34 13.8 -7.0 217 35 313.8 314.2 288.7 319.9 1.86 10 550 5059 -5.7 -25.6 19 19.9 -11.1 227 37 317.4 317.5 288.9 320.4 0.86 11 500 5799 -10.5 -32.2 15 21.7 -15.3 236 42 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.1 0.51 12 450 6600 -16.7 -34.8 19 18.1 -20.0 236 42 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.44 13 400 7473 -23.2 -37.6 25 14.5 -25.4 240 37 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.37 14 350 8436 -30.4 -45.6 21 15.2 -31.9 246 38 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.18 15 300 9512 -38.6 -55.0 16 16.3 -39.5 243 41 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.07 16 250 10740 -47.0 -61.0 19 14.0 -47.4 235 53 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.04 17 200 12188 -54.7 -67.9 18 13.2 -54.9 240 50 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14005 -59.6 -77.9 7 18.4 -59.7 244 46 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16510 -64.8 -83.1 6 18.3 -65.0 232 22 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.89 m Freezing level: 628.04 mb = 4013.60 m = 13167.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.03 mb = 3461.97 m = 11358.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.88 mb = 744.59 m = 2442.84 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 19.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1258.31 m = 4128.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.25 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 471.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.38 mb = 1106.48 m = 3630.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.38 mb = 1746.34 m = 5729.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.38 mb = 10039.87 m = 32938.82 ft B at Equ Level: 470.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.38 mb = 12600.01 m = 41338.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.2 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 247.2 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 9.13 Bulk Shear: 51.62 m/s