MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.86,-87.34 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -87.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 979 236 20.8 17.1 79 3.7 18.4 205 16 295.8 298.1 292.3 332.3 12.67 2 950 493 20.1 16.0 77 4.1 17.4 207 34 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.6 12.10 3 900 958 16.7 14.6 88 2.1 15.4 210 44 298.7 300.9 292.5 332.9 11.72 4 850 1444 14.2 12.6 90 1.5 13.2 214 52 301.0 303.0 292.5 333.0 10.86 5 800 1954 11.0 10.4 96 0.7 10.6 215 51 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.4 9.92 6 750 2491 7.9 7.7 99 0.2 7.8 214 51 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.7 8.84 7 700 3057 4.7 4.0 96 0.7 4.3 214 51 307.7 309.0 291.7 330.0 7.31 8 650 3659 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 214 51 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.63 9 600 4300 -2.1 -4.5 84 2.4 -3.2 212 51 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.2 4.57 10 550 4987 -5.8 -7.6 87 1.8 -6.6 210 55 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.0 3.94 11 500 5729 -9.5 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 209 58 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.37 12 450 6536 -14.0 -15.4 89 1.4 -14.5 209 56 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.3 2.57 13 400 7421 -19.5 -21.0 87 1.6 -20.0 209 57 329.7 330.0 293.3 335.9 1.78 14 350 8400 -26.1 -27.6 87 1.5 -26.4 219 57 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.7 1.13 15 300 9498 -33.9 -36.4 79 2.4 -34.3 232 59 337.5 337.6 294.3 339.7 0.57 16 250 10748 -43.7 -46.0 78 2.3 -43.9 237 73 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.25 17 200 12212 -53.5 -57.5 62 4.0 -53.6 238 59 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14030 -62.1 -76.2 13 14.1 -62.3 250 47 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16488 -68.4 -83.7 9 15.3 -68.5 260 30 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.82 m Freezing level: 629.46 mb = 3921.96 m = 12867.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.81 mb = 3722.92 m = 12214.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.78 C = 80.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.91 mb = 704.65 m = 2311.80 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1463.26 m = 4800.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.65 mb = 1084.98 m = 3559.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.65 mb = 2253.98 m = 7394.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.65 mb = 5398.64 m = 17711.86 ft B at Equ Level: 67.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.65 mb = 7205.01 m = 23638.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.7 at 50.4 knts Storm direction: 241.7 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.2 neg: -6.9 tot: 212.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.32 Bulk Shear: 51.45 m/s