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: 35.87,-86.88 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -86.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 992 223 20.9 15.0 69 5.9 17.1 181 13 294.7 296.6 290.5 325.8 10.86 2 950 598 16.8 12.7 77 4.1 14.3 184 28 294.3 296.0 289.4 322.2 9.75 3 900 1056 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 12.0 187 33 294.6 296.3 289.3 321.9 9.47 4 850 1534 9.7 9.3 98 0.3 9.5 202 35 296.3 297.8 289.2 321.4 8.69 5 800 2037 7.6 6.0 90 1.6 6.7 218 34 299.2 300.6 289.0 320.9 7.35 6 750 2566 4.4 0.9 78 3.5 2.6 223 31 301.4 302.4 288.0 317.7 5.45 7 700 3124 0.8 -4.5 67 5.3 -1.6 225 30 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.4 3.91 8 650 3716 -3.3 -8.9 65 5.6 -5.5 228 29 305.2 305.8 286.9 314.6 3.01 9 600 4343 -8.2 -11.9 75 3.6 -9.6 231 31 306.6 307.1 287.0 314.7 2.56 10 550 5013 -12.3 -14.0 88 1.6 -12.9 233 31 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.0 2.36 11 500 5736 -16.4 -16.8 97 0.4 -16.5 231 29 313.1 313.5 288.7 319.8 2.06 12 450 6521 -21.5 -21.6 99 0.1 -21.5 234 31 316.2 316.5 289.1 321.3 1.51 13 400 7378 -27.8 -27.9 99 0.1 -27.8 242 35 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.2 0.96 14 350 8323 -35.3 -36.5 88 1.3 -35.4 245 41 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.48 15 300 9376 -44.1 -46.2 79 2.2 -44.2 244 44 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.20 16 250 10577 -51.8 -61.2 32 9.4 -52.0 257 48 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 17 200 12012 -55.1 -69.7 15 14.6 -55.3 257 23 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13843 -57.1 -79.6 4 22.5 -57.4 281 33 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16385 -62.4 -83.9 4 21.5 -62.6 275 31 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5578.84 m Freezing level: 689.92 mb = 3243.62 m = 10641.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.78 mb = 2910.21 m = 9547.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.20 % Est. max temperature: 22.90 C = 73.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.72 mb = 965.10 m = 3166.29 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1198.91 m = 3933.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.32 C = 70.38 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 30.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.26 mb = 1119.03 m = 3671.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.26 mb = 1356.42 m = 4450.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.26 mb = 1951.49 m = 6402.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.26 mb = 10886.54 m = 35716.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 249.1 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): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 219.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 6.36 Bulk Shear: 42.43 m/s