MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 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 177 SFC 995 219 16.8 14.3 86 2.4 15.3 143 8 290.3 292.2 288.6 319.6 10.38 2 950 614 15.6 12.6 82 3.0 13.7 150 27 293.0 294.7 288.9 320.6 9.67 3 900 1074 15.1 12.2 83 2.9 13.3 150 26 297.1 298.9 290.6 326.0 9.99 4 850 1558 13.4 9.4 77 3.9 11.0 159 18 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.0 8.77 5 800 2066 10.4 7.2 81 3.2 8.5 172 16 302.2 303.7 290.6 326.1 8.00 6 750 2601 7.2 5.1 87 2.1 6.0 189 14 304.4 305.8 290.7 326.6 7.38 7 700 3166 3.7 2.6 93 1.1 3.1 196 14 306.6 307.8 290.7 326.7 6.61 8 650 3766 0.5 0.0 97 0.5 0.3 192 16 309.5 310.6 291.1 327.8 5.90 9 600 4405 -2.6 -4.1 89 1.5 -3.3 200 16 313.1 314.0 291.1 328.0 4.70 10 550 5091 -6.1 -10.1 73 4.0 -7.8 202 12 316.8 317.5 290.9 327.3 3.22 11 500 5831 -10.8 -14.6 74 3.8 -12.2 222 15 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.1 2.47 12 450 6634 -15.5 -20.4 66 4.9 -17.0 237 26 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.5 1.68 13 400 7513 -21.5 -25.2 72 3.7 -22.4 227 31 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.4 1.23 14 350 8482 -28.9 -35.5 53 6.6 -29.9 224 37 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.7 0.53 15 300 9566 -36.2 -58.2 9 22.0 -37.4 239 29 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 16 250 10812 -43.6 -63.0 10 19.4 -44.3 279 18 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 12284 -51.9 -71.1 8 19.2 -52.2 323 11 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14103 -61.8 -75.8 14 14.0 -62.0 273 8 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16564 -68.3 -82.9 11 14.6 -68.4 239 6 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.90 m Freezing level: 641.89 mb = 3869.31 m = 12694.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3809.39 m = 12497.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.93 mb = 525.82 m = 1725.12 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.07 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2078.36 m = 6818.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 4.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.25 C K Index: 32.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8032.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.60 mb = 1030.79 m = 3381.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 213.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -10.8 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 16.16 m/s