MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.73,-84.45 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 971 347 15.3 12.6 84 2.7 13.7 286 12 290.9 292.5 288.0 317.7 9.50 2 950 536 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.7 288 22 290.8 292.3 287.0 314.7 8.43 3 900 988 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.8 287 28 291.2 292.6 286.4 313.0 7.67 4 850 1461 7.1 4.2 82 2.9 5.6 275 32 293.6 294.7 285.8 311.2 6.09 5 800 1958 4.5 -2.5 61 6.9 1.3 266 34 295.9 296.6 284.5 307.8 3.98 6 750 2480 0.8 -7.3 55 8.1 -2.4 258 33 297.5 298.0 284.0 306.4 2.95 7 700 3030 -2.8 -10.9 53 8.2 -5.7 254 35 299.4 299.9 284.1 306.8 2.38 8 650 3614 -6.0 -13.4 56 7.4 -8.5 252 38 302.2 302.6 284.8 308.7 2.09 9 600 4236 -9.6 -15.7 61 6.1 -11.5 248 38 305.0 305.4 285.7 311.0 1.88 10 550 4903 -13.1 -27.4 29 14.3 -16.2 267 43 308.6 308.7 285.7 311.1 0.73 11 500 5625 -16.3 -47.1 5 30.8 -20.1 279 56 313.1 313.2 286.6 313.5 0.11 12 450 6410 -20.6 -55.4 3 34.9 -23.8 279 61 317.4 317.4 287.9 317.6 0.05 13 400 7274 -24.8 -56.6 4 31.8 -27.3 272 65 322.8 322.8 289.6 323.0 0.05 14 350 8237 -28.6 -59.2 4 30.6 -30.8 270 64 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 15 300 9329 -33.6 -61.3 4 27.6 -35.3 252 65 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 16 250 10591 -39.7 -66.9 4 27.2 -40.8 243 83 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 17 200 12099 -46.1 -75.1 2 29.0 -46.8 240 54 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 18 150 13960 -57.9 -78.9 5 21.0 -58.2 248 71 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16459 -66.1 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.2 249 35 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5523.38 m Freezing level: 738.31 mb = 2608.55 m = 8558.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.55 mb = 2136.19 m = 7008.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.70 % Est. max temperature: 19.32 C = 66.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.42 mb = 683.40 m = 2242.10 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 11.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1144.27 m = 3754.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.43 C = 61.57 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 5.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 19.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.25 mb = 1050.71 m = 3447.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.25 mb = 2391.31 m = 7845.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.25 mb = 3878.59 m = 12724.88 ft B at Equ Level: 21.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 558.25 mb = 4789.22 m = 15712.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.7 neg: -18.3 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 54.51 m/s