MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-86.18 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 979 238 23.4 14.0 56 9.4 17.3 184 16 298.4 300.2 291.3 328.4 10.32 2 950 497 21.7 13.2 58 8.5 16.3 186 34 299.3 301.1 291.4 328.9 10.12 3 900 964 17.8 12.8 72 5.1 14.6 192 44 299.9 301.8 291.8 330.2 10.35 4 850 1452 16.0 11.2 73 4.7 13.0 206 52 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.2 9.88 5 800 1965 12.1 9.1 82 2.9 10.3 208 51 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.3 9.13 6 750 2503 8.3 6.8 90 1.5 7.4 213 48 305.6 307.1 291.9 330.5 8.28 7 700 3069 4.1 3.3 94 0.8 3.7 220 45 307.1 308.4 291.2 328.2 6.95 8 650 3670 2.4 -5.1 58 7.5 -1.2 224 43 311.6 312.4 290.1 324.4 4.02 9 600 4313 -1.2 -11.2 46 10.0 -5.3 216 45 314.7 315.2 289.8 323.5 2.70 10 550 5001 -5.4 -13.5 53 8.1 -8.5 212 52 317.7 318.1 290.5 325.8 2.45 11 500 5743 -10.1 -13.4 77 3.3 -11.3 211 55 320.7 321.3 291.7 329.8 2.73 12 450 6549 -14.3 -16.1 86 1.8 -14.9 211 56 325.3 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.42 13 400 7432 -19.9 -20.0 99 0.1 -19.9 213 59 329.1 329.5 293.3 336.0 1.96 14 350 8411 -26.4 -26.6 98 0.2 -26.4 220 58 333.2 333.4 293.7 337.7 1.25 15 300 9506 -34.6 -35.4 92 0.8 -34.7 231 62 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.0 0.63 16 250 10755 -44.2 -47.3 72 3.1 -44.4 237 68 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.22 17 200 12215 -52.8 -59.0 47 6.2 -52.9 250 70 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14035 -61.8 -77.6 10 15.8 -61.9 249 53 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16489 -69.1 -83.5 11 14.4 -69.2 251 31 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.65 m Freezing level: 616.81 mb = 4096.89 m = 13441.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.99 mb = 3522.02 m = 11555.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.64 mb = 1425.64 m = 4677.23 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2206.17 m = 7238.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5682.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.41 mb = 1588.40 m = 5211.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 47.4 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 376.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 69.57 m/s