MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-86.34 Latitude: 36.00 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 135 SFC 992 208 18.8 18.4 97 0.4 18.5 247 4 292.6 295.1 292.0 331.0 13.52 2 950 576 17.5 14.3 81 3.2 15.4 259 11 294.9 296.9 290.6 326.0 10.82 3 900 1038 15.9 10.7 71 5.2 12.7 260 7 297.9 299.5 290.0 324.2 9.01 4 850 1522 13.9 7.8 67 6.1 10.3 246 7 300.7 302.1 289.9 323.9 7.82 5 800 2031 10.7 5.6 71 5.1 7.8 273 10 302.6 303.9 290.0 324.0 7.15 6 750 2566 7.1 2.0 70 5.2 4.4 299 18 304.3 305.4 289.4 322.1 5.89 7 700 3131 3.8 -5.7 50 9.5 -0.5 309 21 306.7 307.4 288.1 317.8 3.58 8 650 3729 1.1 -12.4 36 13.4 -4.1 308 27 310.2 310.6 287.9 317.5 2.28 9 600 4368 -2.7 -15.7 36 13.0 -7.3 294 31 313.0 313.3 288.5 319.2 1.88 10 550 5052 -7.5 -14.9 55 7.4 -10.1 282 39 315.2 315.6 289.5 322.4 2.18 11 500 5788 -11.3 -12.0 95 0.6 -11.6 255 36 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.3 3.06 12 450 6589 -16.2 -16.5 97 0.3 -16.3 247 28 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.8 2.34 13 400 7466 -21.7 -21.7 100 0.0 -21.7 240 36 326.8 327.1 292.4 332.6 1.68 14 350 8436 -28.8 -29.0 99 0.2 -28.8 241 40 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.5 1.00 15 300 9519 -37.6 -37.6 100 0.0 -37.5 232 37 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10746 -48.7 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.7 243 44 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.18 17 200 12177 -57.8 -61.2 65 3.4 -57.9 256 67 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 18 150 13994 -60.1 -76.9 9 16.8 -60.3 263 38 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16471 -66.2 -83.1 8 17.0 -66.3 264 24 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.66 m Freezing level: 635.83 mb = 3910.41 m = 12829.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.22 mb = 3069.91 m = 10071.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.75 mb = 258.83 m = 849.16 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.14 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1854.65 m = 6084.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 2.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 23.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5770.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.53 mb = 1070.26 m = 3511.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 312.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -12.5 tot: 39.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 31.66 m/s