MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.98,-88.40 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 995 125 28.9 17.0 49 11.9 20.8 214 15 302.5 304.7 294.1 339.0 12.34 2 950 534 23.7 15.3 59 8.4 18.1 217 25 301.2 303.3 293.1 335.2 11.57 3 900 1003 19.3 14.3 73 5.0 16.0 218 26 301.3 303.5 293.1 335.1 11.45 4 850 1492 14.8 13.1 90 1.6 13.7 220 26 301.6 303.7 293.0 334.8 11.24 5 800 2003 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 227 30 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.6 9.29 6 750 2541 8.2 7.4 94 0.8 7.7 230 28 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.4 8.62 7 700 3109 5.1 2.5 83 2.6 3.7 237 26 308.1 309.4 291.2 328.2 6.55 8 650 3713 3.8 -5.0 53 8.7 -0.4 237 27 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.1 4.06 9 600 4358 -0.6 -8.0 57 7.4 -3.8 234 29 315.4 316.1 290.7 326.7 3.50 10 550 5047 -5.4 -19.2 33 13.8 -9.9 239 32 317.7 318.0 289.6 322.8 1.52 11 500 5787 -11.2 -18.1 57 6.9 -13.4 247 36 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.6 1.84 12 450 6588 -16.1 -20.8 67 4.7 -17.4 248 37 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.62 13 400 7466 -21.3 -28.9 51 7.5 -22.9 247 43 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.4 0.88 14 350 8436 -28.7 -38.9 37 10.2 -30.1 246 48 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.37 15 300 9520 -37.1 -43.0 54 5.9 -37.7 258 54 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.29 16 250 10752 -47.6 -47.7 99 0.1 -47.6 261 60 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.2 0.21 17 200 12198 -53.1 -68.1 14 15.0 -53.4 263 80 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14017 -61.8 -78.9 9 17.0 -62.0 264 69 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16464 -69.8 -83.2 12 13.4 -69.9 254 35 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.68 m Freezing level: 606.93 mb = 4268.86 m = 14005.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.83 mb = 3652.60 m = 11983.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.15 mb = 1620.54 m = 5316.68 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.24 mb = 1761.81 m = 5780.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.29 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.45 mb = 1607.39 m = 5273.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.45 mb = 2071.81 m = 6797.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.45 mb = 3669.73 m = 12039.66 ft B at Equ Level: 44.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.45 mb = 12408.11 m = 40708.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.0 neg: -1.2 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 26.84 Bulk Shear: 14.51 m/s