MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 6Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 36.18,-89.18 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 102 20.5 18.3 87 2.2 19.0 49 6 293.3 295.7 292.0 331.1 13.27 1 1000 131 21.0 18.2 84 2.8 19.1 52 8 294.2 296.6 292.3 332.0 13.25 2 950 577 20.9 16.6 76 4.3 17.9 85 17 298.4 300.6 293.0 334.9 12.58 3 900 1044 18.2 14.8 80 3.5 16.0 82 13 300.3 302.5 293.0 334.9 11.81 4 850 1532 15.3 12.0 81 3.3 13.2 66 12 302.1 304.1 292.5 333.0 10.42 5 800 2044 12.5 8.7 78 3.7 10.2 70 12 304.4 306.1 292.0 331.1 8.89 6 750 2584 10.0 5.1 72 4.9 7.2 77 14 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.8 7.36 7 700 3155 6.7 2.7 76 4.0 4.5 73 15 309.9 311.1 291.8 330.4 6.66 8 650 3760 3.5 -2.7 64 6.3 0.4 60 18 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.81 9 600 4407 0.8 -11.1 41 11.9 -4.1 54 21 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.0 2.74 10 550 5101 -2.9 -18.8 28 15.9 -8.4 52 23 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.57 11 500 5848 -9.0 -18.5 46 9.5 -12.1 61 25 322.1 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.78 12 450 6653 -15.7 -19.8 71 4.1 -16.9 67 23 323.5 323.9 291.6 329.6 1.77 13 400 7533 -20.4 -21.5 91 1.1 -20.7 25 22 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.5 1.72 14 350 8511 -26.0 -36.8 36 10.7 -27.7 8 12 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.4 0.47 15 300 9606 -35.1 -44.8 36 9.8 -36.0 338 7 336.0 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.23 16 250 10849 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 238 6 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12298 -55.3 -60.6 51 5.4 -55.4 292 10 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14121 -59.6 -79.5 6 19.9 -59.8 282 10 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16594 -66.6 -82.8 9 16.2 -66.7 293 10 399.0 399.0 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.29 m Freezing level: 588.91 mb = 4560.92 m = 14963.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.88 mb = 3811.60 m = 12505.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.89 mb = 378.95 m = 1243.27 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1643.34 m = 5391.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.85 mb = 1026.01 m = 3366.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 486.85 mb = 6051.28 m = 19853.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.85 mb = 7405.92 m = 24297.33 ft B at Equ Level: 48.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 356.85 mb = 8369.11 m = 27457.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 64.3 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 94.3 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 3.79 m/s