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: 35.93,-84.37 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 359 23.1 18.7 76 4.4 20.1 202 5 298.5 301.1 294.2 339.6 14.11 2 950 571 20.9 16.4 76 4.4 17.9 201 9 298.4 300.6 292.9 334.6 12.46 3 900 1036 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.6 197 11 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.8 12.06 4 850 1522 13.9 12.3 90 1.6 12.9 191 15 300.7 302.7 292.3 332.1 10.67 5 800 2032 10.9 9.6 92 1.3 10.1 198 21 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.7 9.41 6 750 2568 7.8 6.9 94 1.0 7.2 203 24 305.0 306.6 291.7 330.1 8.32 7 700 3135 4.3 3.4 93 1.0 3.8 210 28 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.5 6.97 8 650 3736 1.4 -2.0 78 3.4 -0.3 211 33 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.4 5.08 9 600 4376 -2.5 -10.2 55 7.7 -5.7 211 35 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.7 2.93 10 550 5061 -6.5 -18.4 38 12.0 -10.4 217 36 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.9 1.63 11 500 5800 -10.9 -28.4 22 17.4 -15.2 229 39 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.3 0.74 12 450 6599 -17.1 -30.6 30 13.5 -19.9 232 40 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.1 0.66 13 400 7471 -23.6 -37.5 27 13.9 -25.7 237 38 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 14 350 8432 -30.7 -43.3 28 12.5 -32.0 235 39 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.2 0.24 15 300 9508 -38.6 -51.9 23 13.4 -39.4 235 43 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 16 250 10736 -47.3 -57.6 30 10.2 -47.7 230 52 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.06 17 200 12183 -54.8 -67.4 20 12.5 -55.1 236 53 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14001 -59.0 -77.9 7 19.0 -59.2 243 44 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16509 -65.0 -83.0 7 18.0 -65.1 232 25 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.69 m Freezing level: 632.30 mb = 3962.41 m = 12999.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.04 mb = 3685.42 m = 12091.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.26 mb = 910.19 m = 2986.14 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1355.54 m = 4447.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 591.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.75 mb = 1190.88 m = 3907.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.75 mb = 1734.73 m = 5691.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.75 mb = 10248.67 m = 33623.82 ft B at Equ Level: 589.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.75 mb = 12892.63 m = 42298.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 11.76 Bulk Shear: 50.34 m/s