MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-88.07 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 997 147 24.2 18.1 69 6.1 20.0 214 9 297.6 300.0 293.3 335.8 13.18 2 950 567 20.7 15.7 73 5.0 17.4 222 20 298.2 300.4 292.4 332.8 11.89 3 900 1032 16.3 14.4 89 1.9 15.1 228 22 298.3 300.4 292.2 332.0 11.56 4 850 1517 13.3 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 238 23 300.1 302.1 292.3 332.3 10.99 5 800 2026 11.0 8.7 85 2.4 9.6 259 25 302.9 304.5 291.5 329.2 8.84 6 750 2562 7.5 2.2 69 5.4 4.6 269 26 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.9 5.97 7 700 3127 3.9 -6.2 47 10.2 -0.6 267 24 306.8 307.5 287.9 317.5 3.43 8 650 3725 0.1 -8.4 53 8.5 -3.5 269 25 309.1 309.7 288.4 319.0 3.13 9 600 4362 -4.0 -9.5 66 5.5 -6.2 275 28 311.5 312.1 289.2 321.4 3.10 10 550 5042 -8.8 -12.2 76 3.4 -10.1 281 32 313.7 314.2 289.5 322.5 2.73 11 500 5774 -13.9 -15.4 88 1.5 -14.5 286 34 316.0 316.5 289.9 323.6 2.30 12 450 6566 -18.7 -24.4 61 5.7 -20.1 288 43 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.8 1.18 13 400 7434 -24.6 -35.4 36 10.8 -26.2 294 46 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.8 0.47 14 350 8392 -32.0 -42.8 34 10.8 -33.1 299 60 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 15 300 9460 -41.0 -47.5 50 6.4 -41.4 301 62 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.18 16 250 10673 -50.4 -55.9 52 5.5 -50.6 309 77 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.08 17 200 12102 -56.0 -67.0 24 11.0 -56.2 304 81 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13910 -61.6 -78.2 9 16.6 -61.7 310 67 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16394 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 298 18 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.59 m Freezing level: 648.78 mb = 3740.77 m = 12272.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.92 mb = 3058.20 m = 10033.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.51 % Est. max temperature: 26.86 C = 80.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.42 mb = 923.88 m = 3031.06 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 14.80 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1307.27 m = 4288.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.92 C = 78.66 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 29.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.07 mb = 1155.02 m = 3789.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.07 mb = 2214.70 m = 7266.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.07 mb = 10879.33 m = 35692.91 ft B at Equ Level: 906.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.07 mb = 13423.81 m = 44040.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.1 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 296.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.3 neg: -7.5 tot: 136.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 18.72 Bulk Shear: 48.54 m/s