MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 36.49,-85.74 Latitude: 36.49 Longitude: -85.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 992 264 17.3 16.0 92 1.3 16.5 90 3 291.2 293.2 290.0 324.0 11.62 2 950 636 19.2 14.4 74 4.8 16.1 137 9 296.7 298.6 291.2 328.2 10.90 3 900 1099 16.4 13.3 82 3.1 14.4 163 11 298.4 300.3 291.6 329.6 10.72 4 850 1585 13.7 11.3 85 2.4 12.2 167 10 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.8 9.95 5 800 2094 10.7 9.3 91 1.4 9.9 163 11 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.0 9.25 6 750 2630 7.9 6.1 88 1.8 6.8 176 11 305.1 306.6 291.4 328.8 7.88 7 700 3198 5.6 -2.9 54 8.6 1.4 237 5 308.7 309.5 289.5 322.4 4.40 8 650 3800 2.2 -6.5 53 8.7 -1.7 282 8 311.5 312.1 289.6 322.9 3.62 9 600 4442 -1.9 -10.8 51 8.9 -5.5 278 10 314.0 314.5 289.7 323.0 2.81 10 550 5129 -5.1 -23.6 22 18.5 -10.5 279 10 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.6 1.04 11 500 5873 -8.1 -41.3 5 33.3 -14.2 281 14 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.20 12 450 6683 -13.8 -39.4 10 25.6 -18.3 267 21 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.28 13 400 7564 -20.8 -43.1 12 22.2 -23.9 262 24 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.21 14 350 8535 -28.7 -42.0 27 13.2 -30.3 273 23 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.27 15 300 9618 -37.2 -49.9 25 12.8 -38.1 274 34 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 16 250 10863 -43.8 -62.3 11 18.5 -44.5 266 43 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12324 -54.5 -67.9 18 13.4 -54.7 258 44 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 14134 -62.3 -78.6 10 16.3 -62.4 262 39 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16581 -69.8 -82.8 13 13.0 -69.9 252 24 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.25 m Freezing level: 622.95 mb = 4147.16 m = 13606.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.47 mb = 3463.59 m = 11363.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.04 mb = 429.50 m = 1409.09 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.54 mb = 1809.54 m = 5936.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.62 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.36 C K Index: 24.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 169.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6170.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.97 mb = 1166.01 m = 3825.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 22.86 m/s