MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.22,-84.36 Latitude: 36.22 Longitude: -84.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 963 399 16.7 14.4 86 2.4 15.2 238 9 293.0 294.9 289.8 323.6 10.73 2 950 518 15.2 12.0 81 3.2 13.3 239 17 292.6 294.2 288.5 319.2 9.32 3 900 973 11.3 10.2 93 1.1 10.6 240 21 293.1 294.7 288.1 318.0 8.69 4 850 1448 8.1 7.6 97 0.5 7.8 240 22 294.6 296.0 287.7 316.8 7.70 5 800 1947 5.6 4.0 89 1.6 4.8 238 23 297.1 298.3 287.3 315.9 6.38 6 750 2473 2.6 0.5 86 2.0 1.5 237 28 299.4 300.4 287.2 315.2 5.31 7 700 3027 -1.3 -2.9 89 1.6 -2.0 237 34 301.0 301.8 286.9 314.3 4.41 8 650 3613 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 238 37 302.4 303.1 286.5 313.5 3.61 9 600 4236 -9.8 -10.5 94 0.8 -10.1 238 45 304.8 305.4 286.6 313.7 2.85 10 550 4903 -12.9 -15.1 84 2.2 -13.6 237 49 308.8 309.2 287.3 315.7 2.15 11 500 5625 -16.5 -19.9 75 3.4 -17.5 233 49 312.9 313.2 288.1 318.1 1.57 12 450 6412 -19.0 -37.4 18 18.4 -22.0 230 68 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.34 13 400 7287 -20.2 -56.0 3 35.8 -23.8 221 78 328.7 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.05 14 350 8265 -26.5 -55.3 5 28.8 -29.0 212 97 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.06 15 300 9361 -33.5 -54.5 10 21.0 -35.0 212 95 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.08 16 250 10625 -39.5 -67.1 4 27.6 -40.6 224 80 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 17 200 12118 -49.5 -72.2 5 22.6 -50.0 225 77 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 13971 -56.9 -79.5 4 22.6 -57.2 246 57 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16459 -68.2 -83.5 9 15.3 -68.3 238 35 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5544.08 m Freezing level: 716.74 mb = 2841.70 m = 9323.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.41 mb = 2707.51 m = 8882.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.87 % Est. max temperature: 20.16 C = 68.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.21 mb = 694.96 m = 2280.02 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1131.54 m = 3712.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.35 C = 63.23 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.16 mb = 1073.83 m = 3523.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.16 mb = 1310.99 m = 4301.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.16 mb = 5413.56 m = 17760.80 ft B at Equ Level: 159.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.16 mb = 6851.33 m = 22477.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.1 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 266.1 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 3.03 Bulk Shear: 53.16 m/s