MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 36.13,-86.59 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -86.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 995 198 25.9 15.8 54 10.1 19.2 67 2 299.5 301.6 292.5 332.9 11.42 2 950 600 20.0 13.7 67 6.3 16.0 72 4 297.5 299.4 291.1 327.9 10.45 3 900 1063 15.6 12.7 83 3.0 13.7 75 5 297.6 299.5 291.0 327.4 10.28 4 850 1545 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 81 7 298.2 299.9 290.6 326.0 9.55 5 800 2050 8.5 6.4 87 2.0 7.3 95 9 300.2 301.6 289.5 322.6 7.57 6 750 2584 8.6 -14.2 18 22.8 -0.2 109 10 305.9 306.2 285.8 311.3 1.69 7 700 3151 6.4 -27.2 7 33.6 -3.4 119 10 309.5 309.7 285.9 311.6 0.59 8 650 3754 2.8 -29.0 7 31.8 -5.9 113 10 312.1 312.2 286.7 313.9 0.53 9 600 4396 -1.1 -30.5 9 29.4 -8.6 100 10 314.8 314.9 287.6 316.6 0.50 10 550 5084 -5.4 -26.6 17 21.2 -11.1 98 13 317.7 317.8 288.9 320.5 0.79 11 500 5824 -11.0 -18.8 53 7.7 -13.5 104 15 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.5 1.74 12 450 6623 -16.3 -31.6 25 15.3 -19.4 88 18 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.60 13 400 7501 -21.9 -41.2 16 19.4 -24.6 62 12 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.26 14 350 8468 -29.3 -44.7 21 15.4 -31.0 38 17 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.0 0.20 15 300 9551 -36.0 -57.8 9 21.8 -37.2 21 28 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 16 250 10795 -44.8 -62.5 12 17.7 -45.4 14 35 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.03 17 200 12250 -55.4 -66.5 24 11.0 -55.6 0 24 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14049 -62.8 -76.1 15 13.3 -63.0 341 25 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16506 -67.7 -83.2 9 15.5 -67.8 338 7 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.71 m Freezing level: 614.35 mb = 4211.59 m = 13817.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.05 mb = 2572.19 m = 8438.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.69 % Est. max temperature: 24.80 C = 76.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.06 mb = 1465.87 m = 4809.22 ft T: 12.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1429.93 m = 4691.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: -0.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 157.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.74 mb = 1419.97 m = 4658.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.74 mb = 1469.03 m = 4819.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 777.74 mb = 2283.53 m = 7491.81 ft B at Equ Level: 24.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 727.74 mb = 2831.57 m = 9289.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 100.7 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 130.7 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.73 Bulk Shear: 6.65 m/s