MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 36.27,-86.50 Latitude: 36.27 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 120 SFC 990 206 18.9 18.0 95 0.9 18.4 220 5 292.9 295.3 291.9 330.6 13.26 2 950 564 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.7 223 21 298.8 301.0 292.7 333.8 12.00 3 900 1031 18.7 13.4 72 5.2 15.3 233 22 300.7 302.7 292.4 332.6 10.82 4 850 1520 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.4 242 20 301.7 303.5 291.9 330.6 9.77 5 800 2030 10.9 8.3 84 2.6 9.3 250 18 302.8 304.3 291.3 328.5 8.63 6 750 2566 7.5 6.1 90 1.5 6.7 271 15 304.8 306.2 291.3 328.5 7.89 7 700 3131 4.2 3.4 94 0.8 3.8 288 17 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.6 7.02 8 650 3731 0.6 0.1 96 0.5 0.4 286 20 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.0 5.94 9 600 4369 -3.1 -3.7 95 0.6 -3.4 288 23 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.8 4.85 10 550 5053 -6.8 -7.4 96 0.6 -7.1 281 26 316.0 316.8 291.4 328.9 4.00 11 500 5790 -11.0 -11.8 94 0.8 -11.3 269 27 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.8 3.10 12 450 6591 -15.6 -16.0 96 0.5 -15.7 259 31 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.9 2.43 13 400 7468 -21.6 -21.6 100 0.0 -21.7 251 37 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.8 1.69 14 350 8437 -28.8 -28.8 100 0.0 -28.9 250 46 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.5 1.01 15 300 9520 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 249 45 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.2 0.50 16 250 10749 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.1 249 49 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.20 17 200 12190 -55.7 -60.3 57 4.6 -55.8 258 58 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.8 0.06 18 150 14001 -60.7 -76.7 11 15.9 -60.9 265 45 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16486 -66.8 -83.1 8 16.4 -66.9 274 31 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.96 m Freezing level: 641.55 mb = 3838.87 m = 12594.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.05 mb = 3791.97 m = 12440.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.31 mb = 318.17 m = 1043.84 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1679.67 m = 5510.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.09 mb = 1232.17 m = 4042.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.09 mb = 2196.71 m = 7206.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.09 mb = 7576.54 m = 24857.12 ft B at Equ Level: 218.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.09 mb = 11455.84 m = 37584.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 296.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.84 Bulk Shear: 27.87 m/s