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: 36.47,-86.34 Latitude: 36.47 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 117 SFC 987 236 24.6 16.9 62 7.8 19.4 210 9 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.9 12.34 2 950 566 22.8 14.9 61 7.9 17.6 212 19 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.5 11.30 3 900 1034 18.5 13.7 74 4.8 15.4 215 19 300.6 302.6 292.5 333.0 11.03 4 850 1521 14.2 12.3 88 1.9 13.0 220 18 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.3 10.64 5 800 2031 10.6 10.4 98 0.3 10.5 233 18 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.94 6 750 2568 7.9 6.3 89 1.6 6.9 251 20 305.2 306.6 291.5 329.2 8.00 7 700 3135 5.1 2.1 81 3.0 3.5 246 22 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.7 6.38 8 650 3737 1.3 -4.5 65 5.8 -1.4 250 25 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.23 9 600 4377 -2.2 -14.6 38 12.4 -6.8 249 26 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.3 2.05 10 550 5064 -5.3 -19.5 32 14.2 -9.9 244 29 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.8 1.48 11 500 5806 -9.6 -27.9 21 18.2 -14.2 241 33 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.77 12 450 6610 -15.3 -33.7 19 18.4 -18.9 245 34 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.9 0.49 13 400 7489 -21.4 -39.0 19 17.7 -24.1 250 38 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.32 14 350 8459 -28.3 -44.0 21 15.8 -30.0 257 35 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.5 0.22 15 300 9546 -37.0 -49.0 28 12.0 -37.9 259 37 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.15 16 250 10778 -47.2 -55.6 37 8.4 -47.6 263 44 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.08 17 200 12219 -57.3 -64.7 39 7.3 -57.5 260 51 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14013 -61.8 -78.2 9 16.4 -62.0 254 51 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16477 -67.7 -83.0 10 15.3 -67.8 263 33 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.40 m Freezing level: 630.96 mb = 3980.44 m = 13059.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3560.71 m = 11681.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.26 mb = 1223.14 m = 4012.87 ft T: 16.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.91 mb = 1692.12 m = 5551.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.25 mb = 1528.84 m = 5015.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.25 mb = 1882.58 m = 6176.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.25 mb = 7972.24 m = 26155.32 ft B at Equ Level: 104.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.25 mb = 10663.68 m = 34985.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 19.75 m/s