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: 35.86,-84.75 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -84.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 966 427 21.6 18.8 84 2.8 19.7 197 6 297.7 300.3 294.1 339.2 14.31 2 950 570 20.2 17.0 82 3.2 18.1 198 9 297.7 300.1 293.1 335.2 12.94 3 900 1035 16.2 15.2 94 0.9 15.5 198 13 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.6 12.19 4 850 1520 13.7 12.3 92 1.4 12.8 196 18 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.8 10.65 5 800 2029 10.7 9.4 92 1.3 9.9 201 21 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.2 9.30 6 750 2565 7.6 6.6 93 1.0 7.0 203 25 304.8 306.3 291.5 329.4 8.16 7 700 3131 4.2 2.8 91 1.4 3.4 207 30 307.1 308.4 291.0 327.6 6.71 8 650 3732 1.3 -4.4 66 5.7 -1.4 210 35 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.7 4.24 9 600 4372 -2.4 -12.6 45 10.2 -6.3 213 36 313.4 313.8 289.1 321.2 2.42 10 550 5057 -6.3 -20.8 31 14.5 -10.7 220 38 316.7 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.33 11 500 5796 -10.8 -30.3 18 19.5 -15.3 231 42 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.1 0.61 12 450 6596 -17.0 -32.3 25 15.3 -20.0 231 42 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.9 0.56 13 400 7468 -23.5 -35.0 34 11.5 -25.4 236 39 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.49 14 350 8430 -30.8 -43.4 28 12.6 -32.1 239 40 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.23 15 300 9505 -38.8 -53.1 21 14.3 -39.6 240 40 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.09 16 250 10732 -47.4 -58.4 27 11.0 -47.7 232 49 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12181 -54.6 -67.7 18 13.1 -54.9 237 52 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14000 -59.1 -77.9 7 18.8 -59.3 242 45 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16508 -64.8 -83.1 6 18.3 -65.0 232 23 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.06 m Freezing level: 632.37 mb = 3957.56 m = 12983.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.43 mb = 3553.99 m = 11659.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.06 mb = 780.18 m = 2559.62 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1230.27 m = 4036.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 554.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.33 mb = 1126.28 m = 3695.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.33 mb = 1666.07 m = 5466.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.33 mb = 10331.22 m = 33894.65 ft B at Equ Level: 548.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.33 mb = 12662.15 m = 41541.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 9.73 Bulk Shear: 56.93 m/s