MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 36.00,-87.76 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -87.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 981 186 22.4 19.5 84 2.9 20.4 208 13 297.1 299.8 294.2 339.6 14.69 2 950 465 20.3 17.9 86 2.3 18.7 213 28 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.7 13.75 3 900 930 16.9 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 222 37 298.9 301.3 293.4 336.4 12.85 4 850 1417 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.4 237 43 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.6 10.93 5 800 1928 11.3 9.4 88 1.9 10.1 239 44 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.8 9.27 6 750 2466 9.3 0.9 56 8.4 4.8 243 47 306.7 307.7 289.8 323.4 5.46 7 700 3034 5.6 -5.7 44 11.3 0.4 240 53 308.7 309.4 288.7 320.0 3.58 8 650 3635 1.3 -9.8 43 11.1 -3.3 238 55 310.4 310.9 288.5 319.3 2.79 9 600 4275 -2.1 -12.5 45 10.3 -6.1 239 56 313.7 314.1 289.2 321.6 2.45 10 550 4961 -6.1 -14.2 52 8.2 -9.1 246 58 316.9 317.3 290.1 324.5 2.31 11 500 5701 -10.7 -16.2 64 5.5 -12.6 247 59 320.0 320.5 290.9 327.3 2.16 12 450 6503 -16.6 -20.9 69 4.3 -17.8 243 58 322.4 322.7 291.1 327.9 1.60 13 400 7375 -23.6 -25.8 82 2.2 -24.1 241 58 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.4 1.16 14 350 8337 -30.9 -31.8 92 0.9 -31.0 245 60 327.1 327.3 291.7 329.9 0.76 15 300 9412 -39.2 -39.5 97 0.3 -39.2 246 63 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.41 16 250 10635 -48.5 -49.7 88 1.2 -48.6 242 70 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.16 17 200 12072 -56.7 -64.1 39 7.4 -56.8 239 83 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 13872 -62.5 -82.1 6 19.6 -62.6 246 79 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16341 -66.9 -83.8 7 16.9 -67.0 245 59 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.37 m Freezing level: 631.12 mb = 3876.87 m = 12719.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.27 mb = 3100.91 m = 10173.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.04 mb = 546.88 m = 1794.20 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 20.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.14 mb = 986.11 m = 3235.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 26.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 990.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.36 mb = 869.91 m = 2854.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.36 mb = 1503.38 m = 4932.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.36 mb = 11133.91 m = 36528.15 ft B at Equ Level: 986.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.36 mb = 14233.37 m = 46696.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 335.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 8.75 Bulk Shear: 113.19 m/s