MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-87.29 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 995 219 24.9 12.5 46 12.4 17.0 150 9 298.5 300.2 290.4 325.4 9.18 2 950 620 19.1 10.9 59 8.2 14.1 151 14 296.6 298.1 289.3 321.7 8.66 3 900 1081 14.7 9.8 72 4.9 11.7 152 14 296.7 298.2 289.1 321.2 8.45 4 850 1561 10.3 8.4 88 1.9 9.2 154 14 297.0 298.5 289.0 320.8 8.18 5 800 2063 8.5 -1.8 48 10.3 3.5 161 15 300.2 301.0 286.4 312.9 4.19 6 750 2596 6.9 -1.1 57 8.0 2.9 184 12 304.1 305.0 288.2 318.5 4.72 7 700 3160 3.8 -0.8 72 4.7 1.5 199 13 306.7 307.7 289.5 322.6 5.15 8 650 3759 0.9 -9.6 45 10.6 -3.4 184 13 310.0 310.6 288.4 319.0 2.83 9 600 4398 -2.4 -18.9 27 16.5 -7.8 170 12 313.4 313.6 288.1 318.1 1.43 10 550 5083 -6.5 -20.8 31 14.3 -10.9 168 10 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.9 1.32 11 500 5821 -11.5 -21.2 44 9.7 -14.3 185 8 319.0 319.3 289.9 323.8 1.40 12 450 6619 -17.2 -29.7 33 12.5 -19.8 212 9 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.2 0.72 13 400 7491 -23.5 -38.3 24 14.8 -25.6 227 24 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.35 14 350 8455 -29.5 -48.3 14 18.8 -31.2 224 33 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 15 300 9538 -36.6 -58.5 9 21.9 -37.8 236 30 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10785 -42.9 -63.9 8 21.0 -43.6 243 18 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.03 17 200 12260 -51.5 -69.4 10 17.9 -51.9 276 8 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14084 -61.6 -75.0 15 13.4 -61.7 299 4 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16549 -68.9 -82.8 12 13.9 -69.0 186 7 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.56 m Freezing level: 635.75 mb = 3941.23 m = 12930.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.92 mb = 3336.11 m = 10945.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.02 % Est. max temperature: 23.72 C = 74.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.76 mb = 1770.91 m = 5809.99 ft T: 9.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2128.12 m = 6981.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 25.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7462.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.94 mb = 1689.54 m = 5543.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 201.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.90 Bulk Shear: 2.44 m/s