MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.60,-86.35 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -86.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 975 227 19.7 17.9 89 1.8 18.5 179 21 295.0 297.4 292.6 333.3 13.36 2 950 454 18.2 16.7 91 1.5 17.2 184 40 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.1 12.68 3 900 916 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 192 51 297.1 299.2 292.2 331.8 12.01 4 850 1400 13.0 12.7 98 0.3 12.9 209 58 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.9 10.95 5 800 1909 10.7 10.3 97 0.4 10.4 223 62 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.9 9.87 6 750 2445 7.9 6.3 90 1.5 6.9 221 65 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.3 8.02 7 700 3012 4.5 0.5 75 4.0 2.4 222 67 307.5 308.6 290.2 324.9 5.67 8 650 3611 0.3 -5.5 65 5.7 -2.4 227 67 309.2 310.0 289.2 321.5 3.91 9 600 4248 -4.0 -12.5 52 8.5 -7.2 228 68 311.5 311.9 288.5 319.3 2.44 10 550 4929 -7.9 -17.0 48 9.1 -10.9 229 68 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.7 1.83 11 500 5663 -12.1 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.6 237 74 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.3 1.48 12 450 6462 -16.9 -25.5 47 8.6 -19.0 244 83 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.7 1.06 13 400 7336 -22.6 -32.6 40 9.9 -24.4 247 91 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.62 14 350 8301 -30.0 -39.1 41 9.1 -31.1 255 93 328.4 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.37 15 300 9378 -39.2 -43.9 60 4.8 -39.5 259 100 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.26 16 250 10599 -49.1 -51.4 77 2.3 -49.2 264 93 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 17 200 12032 -57.3 -64.7 38 7.4 -57.4 255 96 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13846 -55.7 -79.6 4 23.8 -56.1 244 73 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.1 0.00 19 100 16394 -62.2 -83.8 4 21.6 -62.4 224 29 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.24 m Freezing level: 647.07 mb = 3648.38 m = 11969.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.79 mb = 3308.40 m = 10854.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.23 mb = 452.05 m = 1483.07 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.54 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 840.19 m = 2756.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 33.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 321.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.43 mb = 789.32 m = 2589.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.43 mb = 1025.31 m = 3363.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 878.43 mb = 1121.12 m = 3678.16 ft B at Equ Level: 11.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.43 mb = 12081.91 m = 39638.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 63.9 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 47.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 745.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 745.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 228.13 m/s