MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 12.23,-36.27 Latitude: 12.23 Longitude: -36.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 27.1 22.3 75 4.8 23.6 68 16 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.3 16.90 1 1000 129 25.9 20.3 71 5.6 21.9 68 18 299.0 301.8 295.1 343.2 15.17 2 950 578 21.6 19.3 87 2.3 20.0 68 19 299.1 301.8 295.0 342.8 14.99 3 900 1046 18.3 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 71 16 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.7 13.08 4 850 1535 16.5 11.5 73 4.9 13.3 78 13 303.4 305.3 292.7 333.5 10.11 5 800 2051 15.0 6.6 57 8.4 10.0 91 12 307.1 308.5 291.8 330.4 7.66 6 750 2594 11.8 4.5 61 7.4 7.6 99 14 309.4 310.8 292.0 331.1 7.04 7 700 3169 8.7 -1.1 50 9.8 3.5 107 14 312.1 313.1 291.1 327.9 5.04 8 650 3778 5.5 -5.3 46 10.8 0.3 121 12 315.1 315.9 291.1 327.8 3.96 9 600 4428 1.8 -7.2 51 8.9 -2.4 132 11 318.2 318.9 291.7 330.2 3.72 10 550 5125 -1.7 -12.9 42 11.1 -6.2 124 13 322.0 322.5 291.9 330.6 2.58 11 500 5877 -5.8 -17.1 40 11.3 -9.9 101 17 326.0 326.4 292.5 332.9 2.01 12 450 6696 -10.0 -19.8 45 9.8 -13.3 82 15 330.6 331.0 293.5 336.8 1.77 13 400 7595 -15.7 -28.6 32 12.9 -18.9 63 10 334.6 334.8 293.8 338.0 0.90 14 350 8587 -23.5 -29.0 61 5.5 -24.7 52 4 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.8 1.00 15 300 9694 -31.9 -37.5 57 5.6 -32.7 204 7 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.3 0.50 16 250 10955 -42.3 -49.7 44 7.4 -42.8 201 13 343.1 343.2 295.2 343.8 0.16 17 200 12420 -55.3 -60.9 50 5.6 -55.4 188 14 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14194 -69.3 -72.6 62 3.3 -69.4 278 24 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 19 100 16543 -78.1 -85.0 32 6.9 -78.1 323 12 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.90 m Freezing level: 574.93 mb = 4777.51 m = 15674.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.18 mb = 3838.60 m = 12593.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.90 mb = 615.69 m = 2019.96 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 17.92 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.34 mb = 1023.25 m = 3357.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 23.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.54 mb = 888.29 m = 2914.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.54 mb = 3633.45 m = 11920.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 481.54 mb = 6169.83 m = 20241.98 ft B at Equ Level: 29.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.54 mb = 7753.73 m = 25438.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 128.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -6.5 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 10.97 m/s