MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.76,-84.43 Latitude: 35.76 Longitude: -84.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 974 353 13.9 11.3 84 2.6 12.4 187 2 289.2 290.7 286.6 313.6 8.65 2 950 568 17.3 10.8 66 6.5 13.4 202 9 294.7 296.3 288.6 319.5 8.59 3 900 1031 16.5 11.3 71 5.2 13.3 214 23 298.5 300.3 290.6 326.0 9.40 4 850 1516 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.8 239 21 300.8 302.5 291.3 328.5 9.39 5 800 2026 11.4 6.4 71 5.0 8.5 266 18 303.3 304.7 290.5 325.9 7.55 6 750 2563 9.7 1.1 55 8.6 5.1 285 15 307.1 308.2 290.0 324.1 5.53 7 700 3134 6.9 0.0 62 6.8 3.3 298 14 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.2 5.49 8 650 3739 3.0 -3.9 60 6.9 -0.4 294 15 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.2 4.40 9 600 4383 -1.2 -11.7 45 10.5 -5.4 277 13 314.7 315.2 289.7 323.2 2.60 10 550 5070 -5.7 -14.6 49 9.0 -8.9 265 15 317.3 317.8 290.2 324.7 2.23 11 500 5810 -11.3 -15.2 73 3.8 -12.7 261 25 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.1 2.35 12 450 6608 -17.4 -20.0 80 2.6 -18.1 261 29 321.3 321.7 290.9 327.2 1.73 13 400 7482 -22.9 -24.5 87 1.6 -23.3 269 33 325.2 325.5 291.6 329.8 1.31 14 350 8447 -29.9 -36.3 53 6.4 -30.7 277 35 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.49 15 300 9527 -36.5 -51.9 19 15.4 -37.5 278 42 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10769 -44.6 -59.8 17 15.2 -45.2 280 46 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12233 -52.9 -68.2 14 15.2 -53.2 287 49 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14052 -61.6 -80.2 7 18.6 -61.7 278 42 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16487 -71.4 -83.1 16 11.7 -71.5 282 30 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.80 m Freezing level: 614.58 mb = 4194.93 m = 13762.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.33 mb = 3672.36 m = 12048.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.44 mb = 691.19 m = 2267.65 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3101.78 m = 10176.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.52 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 28.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7848.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.22 mb = 1483.67 m = 4867.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 144.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 28.15 m/s