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: 36.88,-84.29 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -84.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 966 364 16.7 14.1 85 2.6 15.0 254 10 292.7 294.5 289.5 322.6 10.52 2 950 510 14.7 11.5 81 3.2 12.8 255 19 292.1 293.8 288.1 317.8 9.02 3 900 965 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 255 22 292.6 294.2 287.7 316.9 8.50 4 850 1439 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 256 23 294.1 295.4 287.3 315.7 7.49 5 800 1937 5.0 3.7 91 1.3 4.3 253 23 296.5 297.6 287.0 314.8 6.25 6 750 2462 2.0 0.2 88 1.8 1.1 246 25 298.7 299.7 286.8 314.1 5.17 7 700 3015 -1.8 -3.8 86 2.0 -2.7 236 30 300.5 301.2 286.4 312.9 4.13 8 650 3600 -6.3 -7.2 93 0.9 -6.7 231 34 301.9 302.5 286.2 312.4 3.43 9 600 4221 -10.1 -10.7 96 0.6 -10.4 231 43 304.4 304.9 286.5 313.2 2.82 10 550 4888 -13.7 -14.5 93 0.8 -13.9 233 48 307.9 308.3 287.1 315.1 2.26 11 500 5606 -17.7 -18.5 94 0.8 -17.9 220 48 311.5 311.8 287.9 317.3 1.78 12 450 6389 -21.2 -27.5 57 6.3 -22.5 221 52 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.7 0.89 13 400 7259 -20.7 -55.8 3 35.1 -24.1 212 80 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.05 14 350 8239 -25.5 -55.1 5 29.6 -28.2 208 96 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 15 300 9337 -32.7 -56.2 8 23.5 -34.4 212 95 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.06 16 250 10601 -40.1 -66.6 4 26.5 -41.2 224 74 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 17 200 12094 -48.6 -72.9 4 24.3 -49.1 219 76 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13954 -57.1 -79.5 4 22.4 -57.4 254 53 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16451 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.6 -67.1 237 38 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.50 m Freezing level: 723.98 mb = 2749.67 m = 9021.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.67 mb = 2616.38 m = 8583.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.76 % Est. max temperature: 19.65 C = 67.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.24 mb = 687.08 m = 2254.18 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 10.22 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.11 mb = 1084.81 m = 3559.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.01 C = 62.61 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.86 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.80 mb = 1040.99 m = 3415.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.80 mb = 1181.79 m = 3877.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 496.80 mb = 5654.00 m = 18549.64 ft B at Equ Level: 175.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 416.80 mb = 6954.80 m = 22817.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 32.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.84 Bulk Shear: 46.16 m/s