MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 35.73,-86.26 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 198 SFC 992 263 13.3 6.7 64 6.6 9.7 357 12 287.1 288.2 283.2 304.5 6.19 2 950 626 9.0 5.2 77 3.9 7.1 357 19 286.4 287.4 282.5 302.8 5.83 3 900 1071 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.7 357 19 286.7 287.7 282.6 303.1 5.79 4 850 1536 3.5 3.0 97 0.4 3.2 341 16 289.8 290.8 283.7 305.8 5.60 5 800 2030 4.8 2.4 85 2.3 3.6 294 19 296.2 297.2 286.4 313.0 5.71 6 750 2556 2.9 -0.8 77 3.7 1.1 280 26 299.7 300.6 286.8 314.2 4.82 7 700 3111 -0.3 -3.5 79 3.2 -1.7 280 31 302.2 303.0 287.1 315.0 4.22 8 650 3701 -2.7 -8.3 66 5.6 -5.0 277 32 305.9 306.5 287.3 315.7 3.14 9 600 4333 -5.7 -9.2 76 3.5 -7.1 267 37 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.6 3.17 10 550 5011 -9.2 -10.7 89 1.4 -9.8 261 44 313.1 313.7 289.7 323.0 3.09 11 500 5742 -13.5 -14.4 93 0.9 -13.8 259 52 316.6 317.0 290.2 324.8 2.51 12 450 6537 -18.1 -20.8 79 2.7 -18.8 261 54 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.0 1.62 13 400 7406 -24.6 -28.0 73 3.4 -25.3 257 54 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.96 14 350 8362 -32.7 -34.5 84 1.8 -33.0 256 52 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.7 0.58 15 300 9426 -41.9 -45.2 70 3.3 -42.1 254 55 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.23 16 250 10632 -52.3 -52.6 96 0.3 -52.3 250 60 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.12 17 200 12054 -56.4 -66.9 25 10.6 -56.5 255 57 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13868 -59.4 -77.7 7 18.4 -59.6 253 52 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16387 -62.3 -83.7 4 21.4 -62.5 252 40 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.06 m Freezing level: 704.23 mb = 3064.20 m = 10053.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.27 mb = 2770.27 m = 9088.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 16.95 C = 62.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.59 mb = 1093.09 m = 3586.22 ft T: 5.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 1.75 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1387.88 m = 4553.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.02 C = 59.04 F Cap Strength: 11.77 C Lifted Index: 13.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.33 C Showalter Index: 11.48 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 16.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13246.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.80 mb = 1127.48 m = 3699.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 5.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.7 neg: -35.3 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 144.68 m/s