MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-85.87 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 200 SFC 993 260 14.5 -0.4 36 14.9 7.4 344 12 288.3 288.9 280.9 299.0 3.74 2 950 629 10.1 -2.4 41 12.5 4.5 347 20 287.5 288.0 280.1 297.2 3.36 3 900 1075 5.8 -3.1 52 9.0 2.0 348 18 287.5 288.1 280.1 297.2 3.36 4 850 1539 1.4 -3.9 68 5.3 -0.8 348 16 287.6 288.2 280.1 297.3 3.36 5 800 2023 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.2 -4.1 339 14 288.1 288.7 280.0 297.0 3.05 6 750 2536 -0.7 -43.4 2 42.7 -7.9 291 22 295.8 295.8 279.6 296.2 0.11 7 700 3086 -1.2 -44.9 2 43.7 -8.6 286 33 301.1 301.1 282.0 301.5 0.10 8 650 3674 -3.2 -46.3 2 43.1 -10.2 285 40 305.3 305.3 283.7 305.7 0.09 9 600 4303 -6.7 -43.8 3 37.2 -12.7 280 43 308.4 308.4 284.9 308.9 0.13 10 550 4976 -10.8 -39.0 8 28.2 -15.6 273 46 311.3 311.4 286.1 312.2 0.24 11 500 5702 -15.6 -39.8 11 24.1 -19.3 269 49 314.0 314.0 287.0 314.8 0.24 12 450 6489 -20.3 -35.6 24 15.3 -22.8 260 54 317.8 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.41 13 400 7351 -26.3 -29.1 77 2.8 -26.9 254 59 320.8 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.86 14 350 8302 -33.3 -34.2 91 0.9 -33.4 253 70 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.60 15 300 9363 -42.5 -42.9 95 0.4 -42.5 249 73 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.29 16 250 10567 -51.7 -55.3 65 3.6 -51.8 249 72 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 17 200 12001 -55.2 -67.2 21 12.0 -55.4 257 61 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13828 -57.9 -78.3 6 20.5 -58.1 249 51 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16361 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 249 41 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.19 m Freezing level: 833.51 mb = 1698.39 m = 5572.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 864.53 mb = 1401.08 m = 4596.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.20 % Est. max temperature: 13.95 C = 57.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.14 mb = 2101.43 m = 6894.36 ft T: -2.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 1.87 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.73 mb = 4649.41 m = 15253.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.14 C = 97.05 F Cap Strength: 14.07 C Lifted Index: 15.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.59 C Showalter Index: 15.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.04 C Cross Totals Index: 11.70 C K Index: -30.61 Risk: None Sweat Index: 81.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14873.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.52 mb = 2168.19 m = 7113.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 5.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: -23.2 tot: 54.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 104.95 m/s