MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 35.78,-86.96 Latitude: 35.78 Longitude: -86.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 991 232 21.0 15.0 68 6.0 17.1 181 13 294.9 296.8 290.6 326.0 10.85 2 950 597 17.0 12.7 76 4.3 14.3 184 28 294.4 296.2 289.5 322.4 9.74 3 900 1056 12.9 11.4 91 1.5 12.0 188 32 294.8 296.5 289.3 322.0 9.46 4 850 1534 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 201 34 296.3 297.9 289.2 321.6 8.73 5 800 2036 7.7 6.1 90 1.6 6.8 218 34 299.3 300.7 289.0 321.1 7.38 6 750 2566 4.5 0.4 75 4.1 2.5 224 31 301.5 302.5 287.9 317.4 5.27 7 700 3125 0.9 -4.7 66 5.6 -1.6 226 30 303.5 304.2 287.2 315.4 3.86 8 650 3716 -3.2 -9.0 65 5.7 -5.5 230 29 305.3 305.8 286.9 314.6 2.98 9 600 4344 -8.1 -12.4 71 4.3 -9.6 231 30 306.8 307.2 286.9 314.6 2.46 10 550 5014 -12.4 -14.5 84 2.1 -13.1 233 31 309.4 309.8 287.6 316.6 2.26 11 500 5736 -16.5 -16.8 97 0.3 -16.6 232 30 312.9 313.3 288.6 319.6 2.05 12 450 6521 -21.5 -21.5 99 0.1 -21.5 235 31 316.2 316.5 289.2 321.3 1.52 13 400 7378 -27.7 -27.8 99 0.1 -27.8 243 37 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.3 0.97 14 350 8323 -35.2 -36.6 88 1.3 -35.4 246 42 321.2 321.3 289.6 323.0 0.48 15 300 9377 -44.0 -46.3 78 2.2 -44.2 245 44 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.20 16 250 10578 -51.8 -61.2 31 9.4 -52.0 258 49 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 17 200 12014 -55.0 -69.7 14 14.8 -55.2 260 23 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13844 -57.2 -79.5 4 22.3 -57.4 281 34 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16387 -62.6 -83.9 4 21.3 -62.8 273 31 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5580.20 m Freezing level: 688.68 mb = 3258.57 m = 10690.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.32 mb = 2904.25 m = 9528.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.60 % Est. max temperature: 22.91 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.92 mb = 990.78 m = 3250.57 ft T: 13.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.64 mb = 1228.19 m = 4029.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.44 C = 70.59 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 29.91 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.55 mb = 1144.04 m = 3753.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.55 mb = 1382.25 m = 4534.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.55 mb = 1876.86 m = 6157.61 ft B at Equ Level: 3.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.55 mb = 10961.09 m = 35961.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 214.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 6.47 Bulk Shear: 43.05 m/s