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: 36.81,-84.37 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 965 376 16.5 14.1 86 2.4 15.0 253 10 292.6 294.4 289.5 322.5 10.52 2 950 512 14.7 11.6 82 3.1 12.8 255 19 292.1 293.7 288.1 317.8 9.04 3 900 966 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 256 23 292.6 294.1 287.7 316.8 8.46 4 850 1441 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 256 23 294.0 295.4 287.3 315.7 7.50 5 800 1938 4.9 3.9 93 1.0 4.4 253 23 296.3 297.5 287.1 314.9 6.33 6 750 2462 1.8 0.5 91 1.4 1.2 244 25 298.6 299.5 286.8 314.3 5.28 7 700 3016 -1.9 -3.4 90 1.5 -2.6 235 30 300.4 301.1 286.5 313.2 4.25 8 650 3601 -6.3 -7.0 94 0.7 -6.6 230 34 301.8 302.5 286.2 312.4 3.47 9 600 4222 -10.2 -10.6 96 0.4 -10.4 231 43 304.3 304.9 286.5 313.2 2.83 10 550 4888 -13.6 -14.4 94 0.7 -13.9 235 47 307.9 308.4 287.2 315.2 2.29 11 500 5607 -17.8 -18.6 93 0.8 -18.0 223 47 311.4 311.7 287.8 317.1 1.76 12 450 6388 -21.5 -26.8 62 5.3 -22.6 223 51 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.5 0.95 13 400 7258 -20.7 -55.8 3 35.1 -24.2 213 79 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.05 14 350 8238 -25.8 -56.3 4 30.6 -28.4 208 95 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 15 300 9336 -32.7 -57.2 7 24.6 -34.4 214 94 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.06 16 250 10601 -39.9 -66.9 4 27.0 -41.0 225 72 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 17 200 12094 -48.6 -72.9 4 24.4 -49.1 218 76 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13955 -57.1 -79.5 4 22.4 -57.3 254 54 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16452 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.1 236 37 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5531.34 m Freezing level: 725.49 mb = 2733.63 m = 8968.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.38 mb = 2631.25 m = 8632.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.00 % Est. max temperature: 19.50 C = 67.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.75 mb = 674.87 m = 2214.11 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 10.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.91 mb = 1087.90 m = 3569.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.87 C = 62.36 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.67 mb = 1043.51 m = 3423.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.67 mb = 1184.31 m = 3885.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 496.67 mb = 5656.35 m = 18557.36 ft B at Equ Level: 176.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 406.67 mb = 7136.11 m = 23412.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.09 Bulk Shear: 43.41 m/s