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: 36.19,-85.22 Latitude: 36.19 Longitude: -85.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 964 414 21.3 16.6 75 4.7 18.1 182 8 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.4 12.40 2 950 543 21.6 15.8 69 5.9 17.7 188 16 299.1 301.3 292.8 334.0 11.95 3 900 1011 18.9 13.9 73 4.9 15.6 199 29 300.9 303.0 292.7 333.8 11.18 4 850 1500 15.2 11.9 81 3.3 13.1 198 29 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.36 5 800 2011 11.5 9.6 88 1.9 10.3 197 29 303.4 305.1 292.1 331.4 9.41 6 750 2548 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.8 198 28 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.6 8.78 7 700 3116 5.5 2.1 78 3.5 3.7 208 28 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.36 8 650 3720 2.7 -7.0 49 9.8 -1.7 217 31 312.0 312.7 289.7 323.1 3.47 9 600 4364 -0.1 -17.0 27 17.0 -6.1 225 31 316.1 316.4 289.3 321.7 1.68 10 550 5054 -4.5 -20.9 27 16.4 -9.7 230 31 318.7 318.9 289.7 323.2 1.31 11 500 5798 -9.2 -22.9 32 13.8 -13.2 231 31 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.1 1.21 12 450 6605 -13.6 -36.3 13 22.7 -18.0 232 31 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.38 13 400 7491 -19.2 -33.3 28 14.1 -22.0 243 34 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.58 14 350 8469 -27.2 -36.4 41 9.2 -28.6 248 44 332.1 332.2 292.8 333.9 0.48 15 300 9559 -36.1 -48.0 28 12.0 -37.0 259 48 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.17 16 250 10796 -46.5 -49.1 75 2.6 -46.7 260 53 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.17 17 200 12243 -54.8 -60.2 51 5.4 -55.0 270 61 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.06 18 150 14053 -62.6 -78.1 11 15.4 -62.8 254 69 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16499 -69.2 -83.3 11 14.2 -69.2 257 30 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.35 m Freezing level: 600.91 mb = 4352.01 m = 14278.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.75 mb = 3524.57 m = 11563.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.66 mb = 1014.24 m = 3327.53 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1837.74 m = 6029.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.65 C = 79.98 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 32.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.26 mb = 1516.86 m = 4976.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.26 mb = 2293.85 m = 7525.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.26 mb = 3313.09 m = 10869.60 ft B at Equ Level: 21.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 583.26 mb = 4588.24 m = 15053.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.8 neg: -5.2 tot: 130.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 25.24 m/s