MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 36.89,-87.59 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -87.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 992 171 17.1 15.9 93 1.2 16.3 210 8 290.9 292.9 289.8 323.4 11.52 2 950 544 15.3 14.6 95 0.8 14.8 217 23 292.7 294.7 290.0 324.1 11.04 3 900 1002 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 220 35 294.9 296.6 289.6 322.9 9.74 4 850 1481 10.4 9.6 94 0.9 9.9 221 38 297.0 298.6 289.6 322.7 8.83 5 800 1984 7.5 6.9 96 0.6 7.2 224 34 299.2 300.6 289.4 322.2 7.81 6 750 2513 4.3 3.8 97 0.4 4.0 225 32 301.2 302.4 289.1 321.3 6.73 7 700 3072 0.9 -2.1 80 3.0 -0.6 225 32 303.4 304.3 288.0 317.6 4.67 8 650 3664 -3.1 -6.8 76 3.7 -4.7 225 34 305.5 306.1 287.6 316.5 3.54 9 600 4294 -5.9 -10.2 72 4.3 -7.6 225 32 309.3 309.8 288.3 318.5 2.92 10 550 4971 -10.0 -16.0 61 6.0 -12.0 240 29 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.7 1.99 11 500 5698 -15.4 -19.1 73 3.7 -16.4 250 38 314.3 314.6 288.7 319.9 1.69 12 450 6485 -21.1 -23.0 84 1.9 -21.5 245 52 316.7 317.0 289.1 321.2 1.33 13 400 7343 -27.4 -28.8 88 1.4 -27.7 228 53 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.4 0.88 14 350 8289 -34.8 -35.9 89 1.2 -34.9 223 41 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.7 0.51 15 300 9348 -42.6 -47.6 58 5.0 -42.9 244 31 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.17 16 250 10558 -49.9 -59.6 31 9.7 -50.2 272 53 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 17 200 12003 -53.3 -69.2 13 15.9 -53.6 271 68 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13835 -57.4 -79.0 5 21.6 -57.6 258 65 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.01 19 100 16365 -63.4 -83.9 5 20.6 -63.6 267 33 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.88 m Freezing level: 689.07 mb = 3201.49 m = 10503.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.19 mb = 3000.81 m = 9845.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.44 % Est. max temperature: 23.57 C = 74.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.50 mb = 318.16 m = 1043.82 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.98 mb = 917.55 m = 3010.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 32.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.28 mb = 739.77 m = 2427.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.28 mb = 1847.43 m = 6061.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.28 mb = 8223.25 m = 26978.82 ft B at Equ Level: 191.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.28 mb = 10214.57 m = 33511.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.3 neg: -9.9 tot: 128.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.73 Bulk Shear: 33.72 m/s