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: 35.80,-85.08 Latitude: 35.80 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 962 465 21.0 18.4 85 2.6 19.2 196 6 297.5 300.0 293.9 338.0 14.00 2 950 569 20.1 16.9 82 3.2 18.0 198 9 297.6 299.9 293.0 334.9 12.89 3 900 1033 16.2 14.9 92 1.2 15.4 200 15 298.2 300.3 292.5 332.9 11.95 4 850 1518 13.5 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 203 18 300.2 302.2 292.0 330.9 10.44 5 800 2027 10.6 8.9 89 1.7 9.5 205 22 302.4 304.1 291.5 329.0 8.96 6 750 2563 7.4 5.8 89 1.6 6.5 204 26 304.6 306.0 291.1 327.8 7.72 7 700 3128 4.2 1.2 81 3.0 2.7 204 31 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.5 5.98 8 650 3729 1.3 -7.8 51 9.0 -2.7 210 36 310.4 311.0 289.0 320.8 3.28 9 600 4368 -2.2 -15.5 35 13.3 -7.0 216 37 313.6 313.9 288.7 319.8 1.90 10 550 5054 -6.0 -23.4 24 17.4 -11.1 224 39 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.5 1.05 11 500 5793 -10.7 -32.9 14 22.2 -15.4 232 44 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.48 12 450 6594 -16.8 -34.6 20 17.8 -20.1 231 44 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.7 0.45 13 400 7466 -23.4 -32.8 42 9.4 -25.1 236 40 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.8 0.61 14 350 8428 -30.8 -44.0 26 13.2 -32.1 243 40 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.22 15 300 9502 -39.0 -54.1 19 15.1 -39.8 246 38 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 16 250 10728 -47.4 -59.3 24 11.9 -47.8 234 48 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12178 -54.5 -67.9 18 13.4 -54.7 238 53 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 13999 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.4 241 44 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16507 -64.6 -83.2 6 18.6 -64.7 234 21 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.62 m Freezing level: 631.62 mb = 3963.77 m = 13004.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.09 mb = 3421.93 m = 11226.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.55 mb = 792.96 m = 2601.54 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1302.60 m = 4273.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.09 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 33.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 426.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.39 mb = 1172.11 m = 3845.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.39 mb = 1714.12 m = 5623.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.39 mb = 9956.92 m = 32666.67 ft B at Equ Level: 425.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.39 mb = 12489.23 m = 40974.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 7.29 Bulk Shear: 58.43 m/s