MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-86.89 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 989 214 20.5 18.6 89 1.9 19.2 193 5 294.5 297.0 292.7 333.9 13.76 2 950 568 22.3 15.7 66 6.6 17.9 217 17 299.8 302.0 292.9 334.6 11.86 3 900 1036 19.2 13.7 70 5.5 15.6 232 18 301.3 303.3 292.7 333.7 11.00 4 850 1525 16.1 11.2 73 4.9 13.0 258 19 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.3 9.85 5 800 2038 12.2 8.3 77 3.9 9.8 270 21 304.1 305.7 291.7 329.9 8.61 6 750 2575 7.8 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 276 21 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.3 7.74 7 700 3142 5.1 -1.7 62 6.7 1.7 282 23 308.1 309.0 289.7 323.1 4.84 8 650 3743 1.6 -9.1 45 10.6 -3.0 269 24 310.7 311.3 288.8 320.2 2.96 9 600 4382 -2.5 -15.3 37 12.8 -7.1 256 27 313.2 313.6 288.6 319.6 1.94 10 550 5068 -6.3 -21.8 28 15.5 -10.9 257 33 316.6 316.9 289.0 320.8 1.21 11 500 5807 -10.6 -28.3 22 17.7 -14.9 251 36 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.7 0.74 12 450 6609 -15.5 -34.2 19 18.7 -19.1 249 39 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.4 0.47 13 400 7487 -21.5 -35.7 27 14.2 -23.9 248 39 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.7 0.46 14 350 8458 -28.0 -40.6 29 12.6 -29.6 252 40 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.31 15 300 9543 -37.5 -45.7 42 8.2 -38.1 252 42 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 16 250 10776 -46.9 -52.7 52 5.8 -47.2 258 45 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12219 -57.2 -61.5 58 4.3 -57.3 252 49 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14016 -61.4 -78.2 9 16.8 -61.5 259 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16489 -67.3 -83.0 9 15.7 -67.4 275 34 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.59 m Freezing level: 630.70 mb = 3989.73 m = 13089.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.66 mb = 3356.89 m = 11013.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.16 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.98 mb = 449.39 m = 1474.37 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.98 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.65 mb = 1884.62 m = 6183.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.05 mb = 1345.47 m = 4414.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.05 mb = 2431.85 m = 7978.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.05 mb = 8192.11 m = 26876.68 ft B at Equ Level: 244.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.05 mb = 12121.35 m = 39767.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 112.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 5.86 Bulk Shear: 41.87 m/s