MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-86.97 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -86.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 982 216 25.4 13.9 49 11.5 17.9 180 15 300.1 301.9 291.7 330.1 10.21 2 950 507 23.7 13.0 51 10.6 16.8 184 33 301.2 303.0 291.9 330.6 9.96 3 900 976 19.8 11.8 60 8.0 14.7 188 42 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.7 9.70 4 850 1466 16.4 10.9 70 5.5 12.9 202 50 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.1 9.67 5 800 1979 12.3 9.3 82 3.0 10.4 208 50 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.8 9.22 6 750 2517 8.1 7.1 93 1.0 7.6 216 51 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.0 8.50 7 700 3084 4.6 4.1 97 0.4 4.4 220 48 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.0 7.38 8 650 3686 3.0 -6.5 49 9.5 -1.3 228 46 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.9 3.61 9 600 4330 -1.1 -9.0 55 7.9 -4.5 225 43 314.8 315.4 290.3 325.3 3.23 10 550 5019 -4.9 -17.4 37 12.4 -9.2 218 42 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.2 1.78 11 500 5762 -9.5 -19.5 44 9.9 -12.7 219 47 321.4 321.7 290.9 327.0 1.64 12 450 6567 -14.8 -15.8 92 0.9 -15.2 228 50 324.6 325.1 292.5 333.0 2.49 13 400 7450 -19.9 -20.3 96 0.5 -20.0 231 54 329.1 329.5 293.3 335.8 1.90 14 350 8428 -26.8 -26.9 99 0.1 -26.8 236 56 332.6 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.21 15 300 9521 -35.2 -35.2 100 0.0 -35.1 245 51 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.64 16 250 10765 -44.9 -44.9 100 -0.0 -44.9 251 65 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.28 17 200 12220 -54.3 -57.2 70 2.9 -54.4 247 69 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.08 18 150 14036 -62.4 -76.3 14 13.9 -62.5 257 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16501 -67.8 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.9 252 33 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.12 m Freezing level: 613.45 mb = 4157.20 m = 13638.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.68 mb = 3541.65 m = 11619.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.89 mb = 1668.80 m = 5475.00 ft T: 14.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.55 mb = 2313.48 m = 7590.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4984.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.68 mb = 1887.89 m = 6193.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 441.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 441.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 81.96 m/s