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: 36.00,-86.50 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 183 24.4 13.6 51 10.7 17.4 183 16 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.0 10.00 2 950 497 21.9 13.1 57 8.8 16.3 188 37 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.7 10.00 3 900 963 18.1 12.8 71 5.4 14.7 197 46 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.7 10.37 4 850 1452 16.0 11.3 74 4.6 13.0 202 53 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.5 9.96 5 800 1965 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 203 52 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.5 9.29 6 750 2502 8.0 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 213 48 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.1 8.91 7 700 3070 4.3 4.3 100 0.0 4.3 215 49 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.0 7.47 8 650 3672 3.1 -10.8 35 14.0 -2.7 218 46 312.5 313.0 289.0 320.8 2.57 9 600 4315 -0.9 -15.2 33 14.3 -6.2 215 47 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.5 1.95 10 550 5004 -5.3 -15.8 43 10.5 -9.1 213 51 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.6 2.03 11 500 5746 -9.6 -16.1 59 6.5 -11.9 214 54 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.6 2.17 12 450 6552 -13.9 -23.3 45 9.4 -16.5 213 53 325.8 326.0 291.8 330.4 1.30 13 400 7439 -19.1 -24.5 63 5.3 -20.5 214 55 330.1 330.4 293.0 334.8 1.31 14 350 8417 -26.5 -26.6 99 0.1 -26.5 217 56 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.5 1.24 15 300 9512 -34.4 -35.2 93 0.8 -34.6 233 52 336.8 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.64 16 250 10760 -44.5 -45.0 95 0.5 -44.5 241 54 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12218 -54.4 -56.5 77 2.2 -54.4 247 59 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.09 18 150 14033 -62.1 -75.1 16 12.9 -62.3 247 54 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16492 -68.6 -83.7 10 15.1 -68.7 260 29 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.38 m Freezing level: 611.20 mb = 4170.91 m = 13683.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.11 mb = 3436.26 m = 11273.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.05 mb = 1541.93 m = 5058.75 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.27 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.91 mb = 2187.30 m = 7176.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5943.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.17 mb = 1621.44 m = 5319.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 66.21 m/s