MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.80,-87.27 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -87.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 983 180 24.5 14.7 54 9.9 18.1 182 17 299.1 301.1 291.8 330.4 10.72 2 950 481 22.9 13.8 56 9.1 17.0 185 35 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.2 10.48 3 900 949 18.9 13.0 69 5.9 15.1 190 44 301.0 302.9 292.3 332.0 10.53 4 850 1439 16.0 11.5 75 4.5 13.1 203 53 302.9 304.8 292.5 332.9 10.09 5 800 1951 12.2 8.8 80 3.4 10.2 206 51 304.2 305.9 292.0 330.9 8.94 6 750 2490 8.4 5.6 82 2.8 6.8 208 48 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.7 7.62 7 700 3057 4.6 3.5 92 1.2 4.0 211 46 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.03 8 650 3659 2.7 -4.2 61 6.8 -0.6 212 43 312.0 312.8 290.5 325.6 4.32 9 600 4303 -1.1 -8.7 56 7.6 -4.4 207 46 314.8 315.5 290.4 325.5 3.30 10 550 4991 -5.2 -13.3 53 8.1 -8.3 206 49 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.1 2.49 11 500 5733 -10.3 -15.0 68 4.7 -12.0 214 54 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.5 2.38 12 450 6537 -14.8 -16.3 89 1.5 -15.3 220 55 324.6 325.1 292.4 332.7 2.38 13 400 7421 -19.6 -20.7 91 1.1 -19.9 227 58 329.6 329.9 293.3 336.0 1.84 14 350 8400 -26.2 -26.9 94 0.6 -26.3 235 56 333.4 333.6 293.7 337.8 1.21 15 300 9497 -34.4 -35.0 94 0.6 -34.5 240 55 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.3 0.65 16 250 10744 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 247 61 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.29 17 200 12195 -56.5 -56.9 94 0.5 -56.5 244 58 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.09 18 150 14000 -62.0 -76.6 12 14.7 -62.1 259 62 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16478 -67.8 -83.7 9 15.9 -67.9 254 39 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.00 m Freezing level: 614.69 mb = 4113.60 m = 13495.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.79 mb = 3574.63 m = 11727.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.77 mb = 1430.97 m = 4694.73 ft T: 16.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2140.83 m = 7023.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.54 mb = 1634.56 m = 5362.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.54 mb = 2991.83 m = 9815.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 685.54 mb = 3226.33 m = 10584.94 ft B at Equ Level: 8.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 645.54 mb = 3714.48 m = 12186.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 46.9 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 339.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 331.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 61.54 m/s