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: 36.54,-86.03 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -86.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 985 257 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 191 6 293.6 296.0 292.2 331.5 13.30 2 950 570 21.2 15.5 70 5.6 17.4 213 20 298.7 300.8 292.5 332.9 11.76 3 900 1037 18.0 14.0 78 4.0 15.4 225 23 300.0 302.1 292.5 332.9 11.22 4 850 1524 15.1 11.8 81 3.2 13.0 245 23 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.4 10.30 5 800 2036 11.5 8.6 82 2.9 9.8 267 24 303.4 305.1 291.6 329.8 8.82 6 750 2573 8.1 4.7 79 3.5 6.2 269 27 305.4 306.8 290.9 327.0 7.14 7 700 3139 4.8 1.6 80 3.2 3.1 258 27 307.8 309.0 290.8 326.7 6.16 8 650 3740 0.7 -2.7 78 3.5 -1.0 249 24 309.8 310.7 290.2 324.8 4.82 9 600 4379 -2.8 -8.5 65 5.8 -5.2 244 25 312.9 313.6 289.9 323.6 3.35 10 550 5064 -6.2 -15.7 47 9.5 -9.6 245 30 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.5 2.05 11 500 5803 -10.7 -22.1 39 11.4 -14.0 249 34 320.0 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.30 12 450 6605 -15.9 -28.3 34 12.4 -18.7 248 36 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.2 0.83 13 400 7482 -21.8 -34.3 31 12.5 -24.0 249 38 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.52 14 350 8451 -28.9 -34.5 58 5.6 -29.7 245 35 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.0 0.59 15 300 9535 -37.4 -47.5 34 10.1 -38.2 244 39 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.17 16 250 10766 -47.2 -48.5 87 1.2 -47.3 252 39 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.19 17 200 12206 -57.7 -59.1 84 1.4 -57.8 253 49 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 18 150 14005 -60.7 -78.5 8 17.8 -60.9 259 55 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16482 -67.3 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.4 272 35 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.22 m Freezing level: 639.55 mb = 3873.58 m = 12708.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.90 mb = 3593.09 m = 11788.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.99 mb = 407.60 m = 1337.24 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.42 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1762.19 m = 5781.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.04 mb = 1247.44 m = 4092.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.04 mb = 2649.17 m = 8691.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 373.04 mb = 7988.59 m = 26208.96 ft B at Equ Level: 162.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.04 mb = 10948.55 m = 35919.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.9 neg: -14.4 tot: 133.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.59 Bulk Shear: 35.60 m/s