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: 36.14,-86.26 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 980 228 23.4 14.2 56 9.2 17.4 187 16 298.3 300.2 291.3 328.6 10.41 2 950 496 21.8 13.3 59 8.5 16.3 189 34 299.3 301.1 291.4 329.0 10.15 3 900 962 17.8 12.7 72 5.1 14.6 194 44 299.8 301.7 291.7 330.1 10.33 4 850 1450 15.7 11.3 75 4.4 12.9 206 52 302.6 304.4 292.3 332.1 9.95 5 800 1963 12.0 9.2 83 2.8 10.3 208 51 303.9 305.6 292.1 331.3 9.17 6 750 2500 8.1 6.9 92 1.3 7.4 213 49 305.4 307.0 291.9 330.6 8.34 7 700 3067 4.2 3.5 95 0.7 3.8 219 46 307.1 308.4 291.3 328.6 7.05 8 650 3668 2.0 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.7 223 44 311.2 312.0 290.4 325.4 4.54 9 600 4310 -1.4 -10.5 50 9.1 -5.2 215 45 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.7 2.86 10 550 4997 -5.6 -12.5 58 6.9 -8.2 211 53 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.2 2.67 11 500 5739 -10.1 -12.9 79 2.9 -11.2 211 55 320.8 321.3 291.7 330.1 2.82 12 450 6545 -14.2 -15.9 87 1.6 -14.8 211 58 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.8 2.47 13 400 7429 -19.8 -20.0 99 0.2 -19.8 214 59 329.3 329.6 293.3 336.1 1.96 14 350 8408 -26.4 -26.7 98 0.3 -26.5 220 60 333.2 333.4 293.7 337.6 1.23 15 300 9503 -34.4 -35.5 89 1.1 -34.6 230 63 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.2 0.62 16 250 10752 -44.3 -46.4 79 2.1 -44.5 238 69 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.1 0.24 17 200 12211 -52.6 -59.6 42 7.0 -52.8 251 71 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.06 18 150 14032 -61.7 -77.6 10 15.9 -61.9 249 53 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16488 -69.0 -83.5 11 14.5 -69.1 251 31 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.43 m Freezing level: 621.17 mb = 4037.88 m = 13247.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.57 mb = 3573.67 m = 11724.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.24 mb = 1397.81 m = 4585.93 ft T: 15.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2172.63 m = 7127.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 36.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5586.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.56 mb = 1574.86 m = 5166.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 358.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 66.10 m/s