MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: -1.71,-24.54 Latitude: -1.71 Longitude: -24.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 1 25.1 20.5 76 4.6 21.9 122 15 297.3 300.0 294.6 341.3 15.21 1 1000 103 24.0 19.0 73 5.0 20.5 122 16 297.2 299.7 293.7 337.5 13.94 2 950 550 19.9 17.8 88 2.0 18.5 124 16 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.8 13.63 3 900 1015 17.3 14.4 83 2.9 15.4 135 11 299.3 301.4 292.6 333.1 11.56 4 850 1501 14.1 12.4 90 1.7 13.0 117 7 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.5 10.73 5 800 2016 15.0 6.0 55 8.9 9.7 67 10 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.6 7.37 6 750 2560 12.7 1.2 45 11.5 6.4 68 10 310.4 311.4 291.0 327.7 5.57 7 700 3136 9.9 -2.7 41 12.7 3.5 81 11 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.6 4.47 8 650 3748 6.2 -3.3 50 9.5 1.4 83 14 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.8 4.62 9 600 4399 1.6 -7.4 51 9.0 -2.6 68 16 317.9 318.7 291.7 329.8 3.66 10 550 5094 -2.4 -21.3 22 18.9 -8.5 69 14 321.3 321.5 290.5 325.7 1.27 11 500 5845 -6.2 -35.8 8 29.6 -12.8 91 7 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.36 12 450 6662 -9.6 -43.6 4 33.9 -15.7 137 8 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.18 13 400 7560 -16.3 -45.6 6 29.3 -20.7 148 13 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 14 350 8547 -24.8 -45.4 13 20.6 -27.3 160 18 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.19 15 300 9648 -33.7 -52.8 13 19.2 -35.1 105 25 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.09 16 250 10902 -42.3 -62.2 10 19.8 -43.1 67 4 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12372 -54.0 -68.5 15 14.5 -54.2 232 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14158 -68.3 -74.2 42 5.9 -68.3 280 38 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 19 100 16510 -77.3 -82.0 47 4.7 -77.3 306 20 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.46 m Freezing level: 580.01 mb = 4676.97 m = 15344.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.10 mb = 3975.29 m = 13042.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.71 mb = 579.88 m = 1902.46 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1117.26 m = 3665.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lifted Index: 2.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 20.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.98 mb = 854.36 m = 2802.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.98 mb = 1481.61 m = 4860.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 841.98 mb = 1581.85 m = 5189.74 ft B at Equ Level: 4.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 821.98 mb = 1785.84 m = 5858.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.1 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 118.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 11.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 11.29 m/s