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: 36.20,-86.34 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 987 220 26.3 12.1 41 14.3 17.2 214 9 300.6 302.2 290.9 327.1 8.98 2 950 558 22.8 9.2 42 13.5 14.5 214 16 300.3 301.7 289.7 323.1 7.71 3 900 1024 18.3 8.2 52 10.1 12.3 212 17 300.3 301.7 289.6 322.8 7.59 4 850 1510 13.6 7.2 65 6.4 9.9 209 17 300.4 301.8 289.6 322.7 7.52 5 800 2017 8.8 6.1 83 2.7 7.2 207 18 300.5 301.9 289.5 322.4 7.38 6 750 2548 4.9 1.4 78 3.5 3.1 211 24 301.9 302.9 288.3 318.9 5.65 7 700 3109 3.0 -3.2 64 6.2 0.0 218 32 305.8 306.6 288.4 319.1 4.31 8 650 3707 0.4 -9.0 49 9.4 -3.5 221 35 309.5 310.0 288.4 318.9 2.99 9 600 4345 -2.5 -11.8 49 9.3 -6.2 226 37 313.2 313.7 289.2 321.6 2.58 10 550 5031 -6.3 -15.2 49 8.9 -9.5 232 40 316.6 317.0 289.9 323.7 2.13 11 500 5770 -10.9 -20.6 45 9.7 -13.8 235 41 319.8 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.48 12 450 6571 -16.5 -29.3 32 12.8 -19.3 241 39 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.75 13 400 7444 -23.3 -36.1 30 12.8 -25.3 241 44 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.3 0.44 14 350 8406 -30.7 -45.4 22 14.8 -32.1 243 46 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 15 300 9480 -39.8 -51.8 27 12.0 -40.5 251 50 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 16 250 10700 -48.6 -60.8 23 12.2 -49.0 242 45 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12146 -53.8 -68.2 15 14.4 -54.1 242 56 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13982 -57.4 -78.5 5 21.2 -57.6 236 37 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16499 -64.2 -83.3 6 19.1 -64.4 242 19 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.44 m Freezing level: 642.52 mb = 3802.07 m = 12473.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.72 mb = 3112.29 m = 10210.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.76 mb = 2009.28 m = 6592.03 ft T: 8.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2334.32 m = 7658.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.11 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7576.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.76 mb = 2217.31 m = 7274.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 34.86 m/s