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: 35.73,-85.08 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -85.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 964 445 21.1 18.5 85 2.6 19.4 196 6 297.4 300.0 293.9 338.2 14.08 2 950 569 20.1 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 198 9 297.5 299.9 293.0 334.9 12.89 3 900 1034 16.2 15.0 93 1.2 15.4 199 15 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.1 12.01 4 850 1518 13.5 12.0 90 1.5 12.6 201 18 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.0 10.43 5 800 2028 10.6 8.9 89 1.7 9.6 204 21 302.5 304.1 291.5 329.2 9.01 6 750 2563 7.4 5.9 90 1.5 6.6 204 25 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.2 7.82 7 700 3129 4.3 1.5 82 2.8 2.8 204 31 307.2 308.4 290.6 325.9 6.11 8 650 3729 1.3 -7.2 53 8.6 -2.5 210 36 310.5 311.1 289.1 321.3 3.41 9 600 4369 -2.2 -15.3 36 13.1 -7.0 216 37 313.6 314.0 288.7 320.0 1.94 10 550 5055 -6.0 -23.8 23 17.8 -11.1 224 39 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.5 1.02 11 500 5795 -10.7 -32.8 14 22.1 -15.4 233 44 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.49 12 450 6595 -16.8 -34.5 20 17.7 -20.1 232 44 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.45 13 400 7467 -23.4 -33.8 38 10.4 -25.1 237 39 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.6 0.55 14 350 8429 -30.7 -44.2 25 13.5 -32.1 244 39 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.21 15 300 9504 -38.9 -54.3 18 15.4 -39.8 245 39 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.08 16 250 10730 -47.3 -59.6 23 12.3 -47.7 234 50 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12180 -54.6 -67.9 18 13.3 -54.8 239 52 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14000 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.5 242 45 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16508 -64.6 -83.2 6 18.6 -64.8 233 21 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.75 m Freezing level: 631.23 mb = 3969.73 m = 13023.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.29 mb = 3444.28 m = 11300.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.93 mb = 771.12 m = 2529.88 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 18.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1283.90 m = 4212.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 33.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 442.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.68 mb = 1150.41 m = 3774.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.68 mb = 1691.34 m = 5548.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.68 mb = 10146.25 m = 33287.83 ft B at Equ Level: 437.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.68 mb = 12415.38 m = 40732.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 7.85 Bulk Shear: 56.43 m/s