MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 4.77,-22.28 Latitude: 4.77 Longitude: -22.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 27.2 22.1 74 5.1 23.5 157 4 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.6 16.81 1 1000 88 26.3 21.5 75 4.8 22.9 157 4 299.4 302.4 296.0 347.2 16.36 2 950 539 22.1 20.4 90 1.7 20.9 146 4 299.6 302.5 295.8 346.6 16.07 3 900 1008 19.7 16.9 84 2.9 17.8 98 5 301.8 304.3 294.7 341.8 13.55 4 850 1500 17.0 14.8 87 2.1 15.5 89 7 303.9 306.3 294.7 341.4 12.59 5 800 2016 14.5 12.3 87 2.2 13.1 97 8 306.6 308.7 294.5 340.7 11.33 6 750 2560 11.9 9.0 82 2.9 10.1 105 9 309.5 311.4 294.1 339.1 9.68 7 700 3137 10.1 0.8 52 9.3 5.0 86 7 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.9 5.79 8 650 3750 7.4 -7.6 34 15.0 0.4 43 3 317.3 318.0 291.2 328.2 3.33 9 600 4405 4.3 -16.7 20 21.0 -3.8 66 1 321.0 321.4 290.8 326.9 1.72 10 550 5107 0.3 -22.8 16 23.1 -7.3 164 6 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.3 1.11 11 500 5863 -4.9 -23.7 21 18.8 -10.7 125 8 327.1 327.3 292.0 331.1 1.13 12 450 6685 -9.0 -30.8 15 21.9 -14.5 91 7 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.4 0.65 13 400 7584 -15.8 -34.0 19 18.2 -19.6 20 8 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.5 0.54 14 350 8575 -23.7 -31.1 51 7.4 -25.2 298 22 336.8 337.0 294.3 339.9 0.82 15 300 9682 -32.2 -43.3 32 11.1 -33.5 269 32 339.9 340.0 294.6 341.0 0.28 16 250 10941 -41.8 -42.4 95 0.5 -41.9 282 44 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.37 17 200 12409 -54.7 -57.8 68 3.1 -54.8 270 46 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14186 -68.9 -71.3 71 2.4 -68.9 277 59 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16540 -78.6 -84.9 35 6.4 -78.6 264 32 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.04 m Freezing level: 547.32 mb = 5147.60 m = 16888.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.90 mb = 3814.66 m = 12515.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.07 mb = 648.64 m = 2128.06 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1136.20 m = 3727.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 232.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 825.41 m = 2708.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.17 mb = 2077.85 m = 6817.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.17 mb = 2738.77 m = 8985.37 ft B at Equ Level: 9.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 684.17 mb = 3326.37 m = 10913.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.3 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 138.3 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 116.64 Bulk Shear: 1.99 m/s