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: 36.20,-86.81 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -86.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 982 208 20.2 16.4 79 3.8 17.7 225 14 294.8 297.0 291.5 329.2 11.99 2 950 496 18.6 15.1 80 3.5 16.3 224 28 296.1 298.1 291.5 329.1 11.44 3 900 959 15.5 13.2 86 2.3 14.0 223 36 297.4 299.4 291.3 328.4 10.66 4 850 1443 13.1 11.6 91 1.5 12.1 221 40 299.8 301.7 291.6 329.6 10.15 5 800 1951 10.4 9.6 95 0.8 9.9 216 43 302.3 304.0 291.8 330.3 9.43 6 750 2487 7.7 7.4 98 0.3 7.5 210 45 304.9 306.5 291.9 330.8 8.63 7 700 3053 4.6 4.4 98 0.2 4.5 207 47 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.4 7.49 8 650 3654 0.9 0.3 95 0.6 0.6 209 45 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.7 6.02 9 600 4294 -2.4 -4.9 83 2.5 -3.6 206 48 313.3 314.2 291.0 327.4 4.43 10 550 4981 -5.7 -7.5 87 1.8 -6.5 206 56 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.1 3.96 11 500 5723 -9.8 -10.6 94 0.8 -10.1 208 57 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.4 3.42 12 450 6530 -14.2 -15.0 94 0.8 -14.5 210 61 325.4 325.9 292.9 334.4 2.66 13 400 7415 -19.5 -20.3 93 0.8 -19.7 216 60 329.6 330.0 293.4 336.3 1.90 14 350 8395 -25.9 -28.2 81 2.3 -26.4 220 67 333.8 334.0 293.7 337.7 1.07 15 300 9492 -34.1 -35.9 84 1.8 -34.3 231 70 337.3 337.5 294.2 339.6 0.59 16 250 10740 -44.8 -45.8 89 1.1 -44.9 235 79 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.25 17 200 12200 -51.6 -62.6 26 11.0 -51.9 252 76 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.04 18 150 14026 -61.9 -77.5 11 15.6 -62.0 250 50 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16482 -68.6 -83.5 10 14.9 -68.7 254 30 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.85 m Freezing level: 636.08 mb = 3832.46 m = 12573.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3744.36 m = 12284.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.41 mb = 693.06 m = 2273.81 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 3.47 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1448.36 m = 4751.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 34.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6393.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.08 mb = 1043.12 m = 3422.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.0 neg: -10.4 tot: 61.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 66.66 m/s