MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-86.50 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 989 218 24.6 17.3 64 7.3 19.6 210 9 298.7 301.0 293.2 335.6 12.67 2 950 566 22.6 15.2 63 7.4 17.7 212 19 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.8 11.49 3 900 1034 18.4 14.0 76 4.4 15.5 214 19 300.4 302.5 292.6 333.3 11.21 4 850 1521 14.2 12.5 89 1.7 13.1 222 18 301.1 303.0 292.4 332.8 10.78 5 800 2031 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 238 17 302.7 304.6 292.4 332.7 10.09 6 750 2568 7.9 6.9 94 1.0 7.3 255 20 305.1 306.7 291.8 330.3 8.36 7 700 3135 5.1 2.4 82 2.8 3.6 246 22 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.1 6.49 8 650 3737 1.4 -3.4 70 4.8 -1.0 249 25 310.5 311.4 290.2 324.8 4.56 9 600 4377 -2.2 -13.1 43 10.9 -6.4 248 27 313.6 314.0 289.1 321.2 2.32 10 550 5064 -5.3 -17.9 36 12.6 -9.6 244 30 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.5 1.70 11 500 5806 -9.7 -26.3 24 16.7 -14.0 242 33 321.3 321.4 290.1 324.4 0.89 12 450 6611 -15.3 -32.3 22 17.0 -18.8 245 34 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.1 0.56 13 400 7489 -21.4 -37.4 22 16.0 -24.0 250 38 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.38 14 350 8460 -28.2 -42.8 23 14.6 -29.9 256 34 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 15 300 9546 -37.0 -48.0 31 11.0 -37.9 258 37 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 16 250 10778 -47.3 -54.2 45 6.9 -47.6 262 43 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.10 17 200 12219 -57.4 -64.6 39 7.2 -57.5 260 51 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 14014 -61.8 -78.2 9 16.4 -62.0 254 51 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16477 -67.6 -83.0 9 15.4 -67.7 263 33 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.00 m Freezing level: 630.63 mb = 3984.94 m = 13073.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.68 mb = 3604.62 m = 11826.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.97 mb = 1138.94 m = 3736.64 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.11 mb = 1649.67 m = 5412.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.53 mb = 1465.85 m = 4809.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.53 mb = 1921.04 m = 6302.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.53 mb = 8244.21 m = 27047.62 ft B at Equ Level: 147.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.53 mb = 11301.47 m = 37077.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.06 Bulk Shear: 20.99 m/s