MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: -8.23,-50.81 Latitude: -8.23 Longitude: -50.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 972 310 33.6 17.8 39 15.7 22.5 323 3 309.3 311.8 296.6 349.8 13.35 2 950 511 31.9 15.6 37 16.4 20.6 323 6 309.6 311.8 295.6 345.4 11.78 3 900 994 28.0 13.9 42 14.1 18.5 308 5 310.4 312.5 295.4 344.5 11.17 4 850 1498 23.4 12.8 51 10.7 16.3 288 3 310.7 312.8 295.3 344.2 10.96 5 800 2023 18.6 11.5 64 7.0 14.0 256 2 310.9 313.0 295.3 343.9 10.74 6 750 2573 13.7 9.7 77 4.0 11.1 164 2 311.4 313.3 294.9 342.5 10.12 7 700 3151 9.0 7.2 88 1.9 7.9 121 5 312.5 314.2 294.5 340.7 9.12 8 650 3761 4.8 3.5 91 1.3 4.1 102 11 314.4 315.8 293.9 338.2 7.61 9 600 4412 2.2 -1.6 76 3.8 0.2 82 11 318.6 319.7 293.5 336.8 5.67 10 550 5111 -1.3 -7.8 61 6.5 -4.3 75 4 322.5 323.3 293.1 335.3 3.86 11 500 5864 -6.0 -16.7 42 10.8 -9.9 92 4 325.8 326.2 292.5 332.8 2.06 12 450 6681 -10.3 -28.0 22 17.7 -15.0 176 8 330.3 330.4 292.6 333.3 0.85 13 400 7580 -15.2 -30.7 25 15.5 -18.8 198 26 335.2 335.4 293.8 338.0 0.74 14 350 8574 -22.4 -47.9 8 25.4 -25.6 237 19 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.14 15 300 9685 -31.7 -53.3 10 21.5 -33.5 256 19 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.09 16 250 10945 -42.3 -59.1 14 16.8 -43.1 258 21 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 17 200 12413 -54.7 -63.2 34 8.6 -54.8 265 25 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14188 -69.3 -71.4 74 2.1 -69.4 289 17 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 19 100 16543 -78.9 -82.9 51 4.0 -78.9 228 8 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.06 m Freezing level: 568.84 mb = 4847.32 m = 15903.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.83 mb = 4440.89 m = 14569.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 35.15 C = 95.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.55 mb = 2298.66 m = 7541.45 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2888.43 m = 9476.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.31 C = 97.36 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 40.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.57 mb = 2656.35 m = 8714.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.57 mb = 3179.22 m = 10430.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.57 mb = 11563.50 m = 37937.55 ft B at Equ Level: 228.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.57 mb = 14283.09 m = 46859.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 90.0 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 120.0 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -11.2 tot: -9.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.31 Bulk Shear: 12.50 m/s