MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.16,-86.59 Latitude: 36.16 Longitude: -86.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 986 200 24.7 16.1 59 8.6 18.9 178 11 299.0 301.2 292.6 333.3 11.76 2 950 529 22.7 15.1 62 7.7 17.7 186 26 300.3 302.3 292.7 333.7 11.40 3 900 997 19.4 12.9 66 6.6 15.2 197 35 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.3 10.41 4 850 1486 15.3 11.2 77 4.0 12.7 200 36 302.1 304.0 292.1 331.4 9.89 5 800 1997 10.9 9.8 93 1.1 10.2 202 35 302.7 304.5 292.0 331.0 9.53 6 750 2534 8.2 7.2 94 0.9 7.6 203 34 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.2 8.54 7 700 3102 6.4 -2.1 54 8.5 2.1 208 36 309.6 310.4 290.0 324.1 4.68 8 650 3707 3.6 -13.8 27 17.4 -3.2 216 38 313.0 313.4 288.6 319.6 2.02 9 600 4352 -0.1 -18.6 23 18.5 -6.4 224 35 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.0 1.47 10 550 5043 -4.0 -20.2 27 16.2 -9.3 226 32 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.1 1.39 11 500 5787 -9.3 -22.3 34 13.0 -13.2 232 37 321.7 321.9 290.6 326.1 1.28 12 450 6594 -13.3 -39.3 9 26.0 -18.0 230 37 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.28 13 400 7481 -19.3 -32.1 31 12.8 -21.9 239 42 329.9 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.65 14 350 8458 -27.1 -48.2 12 21.1 -29.3 244 49 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.14 15 300 9547 -36.1 -44.3 43 8.2 -36.8 250 54 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.25 16 250 10786 -45.8 -45.8 100 -0.0 -45.9 259 57 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 17 200 12234 -55.7 -56.3 93 0.6 -55.7 261 64 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.09 18 150 14043 -63.0 -74.6 19 11.7 -63.1 253 69 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16499 -68.3 -83.4 10 15.1 -68.4 253 34 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.36 m Freezing level: 600.86 mb = 4340.63 m = 14240.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.03 mb = 3338.43 m = 10952.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.98 mb = 1287.65 m = 4224.51 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 11.56 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1832.22 m = 6011.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 27.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.38 mb = 1592.31 m = 5224.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.38 mb = 2161.12 m = 7090.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 744.38 mb = 2595.69 m = 8515.93 ft B at Equ Level: 10.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.38 mb = 3168.13 m = 10394.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.5 neg: -1.4 tot: 200.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 42.92 m/s