MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.87,-86.97 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -86.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 981 230 25.2 14.3 51 10.9 18.0 170 14 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.48 2 950 511 23.5 13.3 53 10.2 16.9 176 31 301.1 302.9 292.0 331.1 10.18 3 900 980 20.5 11.6 57 8.9 14.8 189 42 302.7 304.4 292.0 331.1 9.57 4 850 1472 16.7 9.9 64 6.8 12.5 200 46 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.7 9.07 5 800 1984 11.9 8.7 81 3.2 9.9 203 46 303.8 305.5 291.8 330.3 8.84 6 750 2521 7.7 7.3 98 0.3 7.5 210 45 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.8 8.62 7 700 3089 4.8 3.9 94 0.9 4.3 221 45 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.0 7.25 8 650 3693 3.9 -10.3 35 14.2 -2.1 226 40 313.4 313.9 289.3 322.0 2.68 9 600 4338 -1.0 -13.3 39 12.4 -5.8 225 39 315.0 315.4 289.5 322.5 2.28 10 550 5026 -4.9 -20.5 28 15.6 -9.9 223 42 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.36 11 500 5769 -9.3 -25.9 25 16.6 -13.7 222 45 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.9 0.92 12 450 6576 -13.8 -30.9 22 17.1 -17.6 227 49 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.65 13 400 7460 -19.9 -25.9 59 6.0 -21.4 224 49 329.1 329.4 292.6 333.3 1.16 14 350 8437 -26.7 -27.8 91 1.0 -26.9 228 55 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.8 1.12 15 300 9530 -35.4 -35.4 100 0.0 -35.4 236 58 335.5 335.7 293.8 337.9 0.63 16 250 10774 -44.7 -44.6 100 -0.0 -44.6 250 57 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.29 17 200 12232 -54.6 -57.2 72 2.7 -54.6 249 56 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.08 18 150 14042 -61.8 -77.5 11 15.7 -62.0 251 61 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16505 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.4 255 31 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.30 m Freezing level: 610.00 mb = 4208.74 m = 13808.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3486.76 m = 11439.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.91 C = 84.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.76 mb = 1614.49 m = 5296.81 ft T: 15.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 8.75 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.46 mb = 2232.83 m = 7325.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5138.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.49 mb = 1916.04 m = 6286.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 88.52 m/s