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: 36.47,-86.42 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 988 229 19.3 17.9 91 1.4 18.4 181 5 293.5 295.8 292.0 330.9 13.14 2 950 567 21.8 15.7 68 6.1 17.8 217 20 299.3 301.5 292.9 334.2 11.92 3 900 1035 18.6 13.8 74 4.8 15.4 230 21 300.6 302.7 292.6 333.2 11.07 4 850 1523 15.6 11.3 76 4.3 12.9 252 22 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.96 5 800 2036 12.1 8.4 78 3.7 9.8 266 25 304.0 305.6 291.7 329.9 8.66 6 750 2573 7.7 5.7 87 2.0 6.6 268 24 304.9 306.4 291.2 328.1 7.69 7 700 3139 4.9 -0.9 66 5.7 2.0 266 24 307.9 308.9 289.9 323.8 5.14 8 650 3740 1.1 -6.9 55 8.1 -2.4 263 24 310.2 310.9 289.1 321.3 3.49 9 600 4379 -2.6 -13.8 42 11.2 -6.8 250 26 313.1 313.5 288.8 320.2 2.19 10 550 5064 -6.3 -21.9 28 15.7 -10.9 250 32 316.7 316.9 289.0 320.8 1.20 11 500 5803 -10.9 -28.5 22 17.6 -15.1 249 35 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.4 0.73 12 450 6604 -15.8 -34.2 19 18.4 -19.4 248 38 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.47 13 400 7481 -21.8 -36.2 26 14.4 -24.2 248 38 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.43 14 350 8451 -28.2 -38.6 36 10.4 -29.6 249 37 330.7 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.39 15 300 9536 -37.5 -45.9 41 8.4 -38.2 246 40 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.21 16 250 10767 -47.2 -48.7 84 1.6 -47.3 254 43 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.18 17 200 12208 -57.7 -59.4 81 1.7 -57.8 250 48 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.06 18 150 14006 -60.7 -78.3 8 17.6 -60.8 261 55 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16482 -67.7 -83.1 9 15.4 -67.8 270 35 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.57 m Freezing level: 634.93 mb = 3932.61 m = 12902.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.78 mb = 3400.76 m = 11157.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.34 mb = 410.18 m = 1345.72 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.50 mb = 1863.12 m = 6112.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.47 mb = 1290.54 m = 4234.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.47 mb = 2479.40 m = 8134.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.47 mb = 7882.86 m = 25862.09 ft B at Equ Level: 206.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.47 mb = 11348.45 m = 37232.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 146.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 5.52 Bulk Shear: 37.50 m/s