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: 36.95,-88.31 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 990 132 25.6 15.6 54 10.0 18.9 174 14 299.6 301.7 292.5 332.9 11.36 2 950 491 23.2 14.8 59 8.4 17.7 179 31 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.8 11.22 3 900 960 20.0 13.4 66 6.6 15.7 192 37 302.1 304.1 292.8 334.1 10.80 4 850 1451 16.6 11.3 71 5.2 13.3 202 37 303.5 305.3 292.6 333.2 9.96 5 800 1964 12.2 8.8 79 3.5 10.1 204 39 304.2 305.8 291.9 330.8 8.89 6 750 2502 8.3 5.5 83 2.8 6.7 210 43 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.5 7.58 7 700 3070 6.2 -2.9 52 9.1 1.7 217 41 309.3 310.2 289.7 323.1 4.42 8 650 3676 4.4 -8.8 38 13.1 -1.4 222 39 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.7 3.03 9 600 4322 -0.4 -7.3 59 7.0 -3.5 220 39 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.5 3.68 10 550 5012 -5.1 -11.8 59 6.8 -7.8 220 42 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.3 2.81 11 500 5754 -10.3 -15.2 67 4.9 -12.1 225 47 320.4 320.9 291.2 328.3 2.34 12 450 6558 -13.8 -32.0 20 18.1 -17.8 228 52 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.58 13 400 7442 -20.6 -28.3 50 7.8 -22.3 228 57 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.93 14 350 8417 -26.9 -27.2 97 0.3 -26.9 242 56 332.5 332.8 293.5 336.8 1.18 15 300 9509 -35.7 -37.2 86 1.5 -35.9 243 55 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.0 0.52 16 250 10750 -45.5 -49.4 65 3.9 -45.7 252 59 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.1 0.17 17 200 12202 -55.5 -58.3 71 2.8 -55.6 256 64 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.07 18 150 14009 -62.1 -76.8 12 14.7 -62.2 254 63 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16479 -68.1 -83.7 9 15.7 -68.1 249 36 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.83 m Freezing level: 603.83 mb = 4272.53 m = 14017.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.84 mb = 3393.72 m = 11134.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1398.49 m = 4588.17 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2001.10 m = 6565.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 29.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.85 mb = 1613.61 m = 5293.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.85 mb = 2514.85 m = 8250.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.85 mb = 2737.74 m = 8981.99 ft B at Equ Level: 9.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.85 mb = 3320.97 m = 10895.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 293.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 70.86 m/s