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: 0.73,-55.59 Latitude: 0.73 Longitude: -55.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 968 344 36.3 14.7 28 21.6 21.5 109 2 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.1 10.95 2 950 509 34.0 14.0 30 20.0 20.4 108 4 311.7 313.7 295.3 344.3 10.60 3 900 994 29.2 13.1 37 16.1 18.4 109 5 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.2 10.60 4 850 1499 24.3 12.2 47 12.1 16.3 110 6 311.6 313.6 295.3 344.2 10.58 5 800 2026 19.3 11.3 60 8.0 14.0 109 6 311.7 313.7 295.3 344.2 10.58 6 750 2576 14.0 10.3 79 3.7 11.6 108 7 311.8 313.8 295.3 344.3 10.57 7 700 3154 8.9 8.7 99 0.2 8.8 108 8 312.4 314.3 295.2 343.8 10.17 8 650 3765 4.5 4.5 100 0.0 4.5 107 11 314.0 315.6 294.1 339.4 8.13 9 600 4412 0.2 -3.0 79 3.2 -1.4 103 12 316.3 317.3 292.4 332.7 5.13 10 550 5108 -1.9 -8.5 61 6.6 -4.9 113 9 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.9 3.65 11 500 5861 -6.0 -14.6 51 8.5 -9.4 140 7 325.7 326.2 292.8 334.1 2.47 12 450 6678 -10.7 -29.2 20 18.5 -15.4 151 15 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.76 13 400 7572 -17.2 -32.6 25 15.4 -20.5 152 12 332.6 332.8 293.0 334.9 0.62 14 350 8564 -21.7 -42.5 13 20.8 -24.8 81 17 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.5 0.26 15 300 9678 -30.6 -45.2 23 14.6 -32.2 34 11 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.23 16 250 10945 -41.2 -54.9 22 13.6 -42.0 4 10 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.09 17 200 12417 -54.3 -63.3 32 9.1 -54.5 8 7 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14200 -68.3 -75.3 36 7.0 -68.4 317 17 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 19 100 16552 -79.3 -83.0 54 3.8 -79.3 282 9 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.03 m Freezing level: 595.42 mb = 4475.77 m = 14684.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.83 mb = 4254.14 m = 13956.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.35 % Est. max temperature: 35.63 C = 96.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.33 mb = 3043.49 m = 9985.07 ft T: 9.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.57 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.37 mb = 3090.38 m = 10138.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.25 C = 97.25 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 18.26 C K Index: 42.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 231.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.37 mb = 3019.44 m = 9906.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.37 mb = 3197.25 m = 10489.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.37 mb = 8224.56 m = 26983.13 ft B at Equ Level: 230.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.37 mb = 12854.50 m = 42173.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.2 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 143.2 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 87.60 Bulk Shear: 2.64 m/s