MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 6.97,-31.61 Latitude: 6.97 Longitude: -31.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 23.9 22.6 92 1.3 22.9 308 2 296.0 299.1 295.7 345.7 17.25 1 1000 109 22.7 22.1 96 0.7 22.3 315 2 295.9 298.9 295.4 344.6 16.94 2 950 556 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 55 4 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.0 15.08 3 900 1023 18.7 17.4 92 1.4 17.8 43 7 300.8 303.4 294.8 341.9 13.99 4 850 1514 16.5 15.4 93 1.1 15.8 53 9 303.4 305.9 294.8 342.2 13.07 5 800 2030 13.9 13.0 94 0.9 13.3 62 12 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.6 11.85 6 750 2573 11.1 9.8 92 1.3 10.3 73 15 308.6 310.5 294.2 339.6 10.19 7 700 3147 8.0 6.7 92 1.3 7.2 83 16 311.4 313.0 294.0 338.6 8.85 8 650 3756 4.5 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 95 17 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.5 7.80 9 600 4405 0.8 0.7 99 0.1 0.8 105 19 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.4 6.74 10 550 5102 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 112 19 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.3 5.97 11 500 5857 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.8 120 19 326.4 327.4 294.9 342.6 4.86 12 450 6678 -10.0 -10.8 94 0.8 -10.3 134 15 330.7 331.5 295.1 343.4 3.74 13 400 7578 -15.3 -15.8 95 0.6 -15.5 143 14 335.1 335.7 295.5 344.9 2.78 14 350 8574 -22.0 -22.0 100 0.0 -22.0 132 13 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.9 1.88 15 300 9689 -30.4 -30.4 100 -0.0 -30.4 113 12 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.4 1.02 16 250 10957 -41.1 -41.1 100 -0.0 -41.1 82 11 345.0 345.1 295.9 346.7 0.42 17 200 12429 -54.3 -54.4 99 0.0 -54.4 59 8 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.12 18 150 14198 -71.6 -72.1 94 0.4 -71.6 349 7 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 19 100 16560 -75.5 -82.1 35 6.5 -75.6 259 23 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.83 m Freezing level: 584.23 mb = 4625.00 m = 15173.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.81 mb = 4596.80 m = 15081.19 ft Precipitable water: 2.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.48 mb = 166.22 m = 545.33 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 3.80 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 867.25 m = 2845.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 36.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.63 mb = 586.61 m = 1924.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.63 mb = 2333.45 m = 7655.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 501.63 mb = 5831.27 m = 19131.23 ft B at Equ Level: 106.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 331.63 mb = 8964.11 m = 29409.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.7 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 121.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 53.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.21 Bulk Shear: 25.50 m/s