MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.04,-88.03 Latitude: 36.04 Longitude: -88.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 991 148 29.5 15.2 42 14.2 19.9 196 9 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.2 11.04 2 950 524 25.3 13.5 48 11.8 17.5 200 20 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.4 10.26 3 900 996 20.8 12.5 59 8.3 15.4 202 23 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.16 4 850 1486 16.1 11.6 74 4.5 13.2 203 24 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.1 10.11 5 800 1999 11.3 10.5 95 0.8 10.8 204 26 303.2 305.1 292.6 333.1 10.03 6 750 2535 7.2 6.7 97 0.5 6.9 206 32 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.1 8.24 7 700 3101 6.1 -6.5 40 12.6 0.3 213 35 309.2 309.8 288.6 319.8 3.35 8 650 3705 3.9 -17.6 19 21.5 -3.8 219 32 313.4 313.6 288.2 318.3 1.48 9 600 4351 -0.3 -10.6 46 10.3 -4.6 225 30 315.8 316.3 290.3 325.0 2.85 10 550 5040 -5.6 -10.3 69 4.7 -7.5 224 30 317.5 318.1 291.1 327.9 3.19 11 500 5781 -10.7 -16.1 64 5.4 -12.6 226 33 319.9 320.4 290.9 327.2 2.17 12 450 6583 -14.9 -28.4 31 13.4 -18.1 232 42 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.82 13 400 7468 -19.6 -41.7 12 22.1 -22.9 245 46 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.25 14 350 8443 -27.5 -48.3 12 20.8 -29.6 241 53 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.14 15 300 9532 -36.2 -54.0 14 17.8 -37.3 251 61 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 16 250 10768 -46.3 -48.2 82 1.8 -46.4 257 68 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.19 17 200 12217 -54.1 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.3 261 75 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14030 -62.8 -77.3 12 14.5 -62.9 245 74 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16477 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.3 -69.0 265 38 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.01 m Freezing level: 603.64 mb = 4303.87 m = 14120.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.19 mb = 3145.20 m = 10318.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.96 mb = 1935.83 m = 6351.07 ft T: 11.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 17.90 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.41 mb = 2046.39 m = 6713.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.42 C = 84.95 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 25.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.38 mb = 2005.02 m = 6578.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.38 mb = 2162.49 m = 7094.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 704.38 mb = 3049.51 m = 10004.82 ft B at Equ Level: 21.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 644.38 mb = 3775.48 m = 12386.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 27.74 m/s