MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.92,-88.01 Latitude: 36.92 Longitude: -88.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 984 147 18.8 17.2 90 1.7 17.7 192 17 293.3 295.6 291.5 329.2 12.61 2 950 451 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.3 194 37 294.2 296.4 291.5 329.0 12.19 3 900 911 14.7 14.8 100 -0.0 14.8 203 47 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.8 11.81 4 850 1395 13.3 12.0 92 1.2 12.5 224 53 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.45 5 800 1904 10.8 8.3 84 2.5 9.3 221 53 302.6 304.2 291.2 328.2 8.59 6 750 2440 7.6 4.7 82 3.0 5.9 217 56 304.9 306.2 290.7 326.4 7.14 7 700 3006 4.1 -0.2 73 4.4 1.9 218 60 307.1 308.1 289.8 323.6 5.37 8 650 3604 -0.3 -5.4 68 5.2 -2.6 221 61 308.7 309.4 289.0 321.0 3.93 9 600 4239 -5.1 -10.3 67 5.2 -7.1 224 60 310.2 310.8 288.6 319.5 2.91 10 550 4917 -9.4 -17.4 52 8.0 -11.9 228 63 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.8 1.78 11 500 5648 -13.6 -20.9 54 7.3 -15.6 235 70 316.5 316.8 289.2 321.4 1.45 12 450 6441 -18.1 -25.8 51 7.7 -20.0 240 79 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.0 1.04 13 400 7312 -23.1 -33.3 39 10.1 -24.9 244 89 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.0 0.58 14 350 8276 -30.0 -40.5 35 10.6 -31.2 252 97 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.6 0.32 15 300 9354 -39.0 -48.0 38 9.0 -39.6 257 111 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.17 16 250 10576 -49.0 -55.5 47 6.5 -49.3 259 100 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 17 200 12013 -56.4 -66.2 28 9.8 -56.6 246 97 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 13833 -56.1 -79.5 4 23.5 -56.4 245 72 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16398 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.4 244 23 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.71 m Freezing level: 652.93 mb = 3569.02 m = 11709.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.00 mb = 3251.69 m = 10668.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.69 mb = 355.06 m = 1164.88 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 12.00 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 775.62 m = 2544.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.48 C = 70.66 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.62 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.26 mb = 675.56 m = 2216.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.26 mb = 2886.44 m = 9469.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.26 mb = 7307.48 m = 23974.39 ft B at Equ Level: 289.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.26 mb = 11105.39 m = 36434.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 483.3 neg: -12.6 tot: 470.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 140.10 m/s