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: 17.68,-1.03 Latitude: 17.68 Longitude: -1.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 975 302 33.9 -1.7 10 35.7 14.6 73 4 309.3 310.0 288.8 320.2 3.45 2 950 538 36.2 -2.3 9 38.5 15.1 77 5 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.39 3 900 1024 31.5 -3.1 11 34.6 12.9 79 7 314.0 314.7 290.2 324.9 3.38 4 850 1531 26.6 -3.8 13 30.5 10.6 79 8 314.1 314.7 290.3 324.9 3.39 5 800 2060 21.5 -4.5 17 26.0 8.2 79 8 314.1 314.7 290.3 325.0 3.41 6 750 2612 16.1 -5.4 22 21.5 5.5 79 9 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.42 7 700 3192 10.5 -6.3 30 16.8 2.5 78 9 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.41 8 650 3802 4.6 -7.2 42 11.8 -0.9 76 10 314.1 314.8 290.3 325.1 3.42 9 600 4447 -1.7 -8.6 59 6.9 -4.7 74 10 314.2 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.33 10 550 5136 -3.9 -24.8 18 20.9 -9.9 52 6 319.5 319.6 289.6 322.7 0.93 11 500 5882 -7.5 -26.2 21 18.7 -12.7 332 6 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.0 0.90 12 450 6693 -13.2 -25.5 35 12.3 -16.5 286 12 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.4 1.07 13 400 7579 -19.6 -27.0 52 7.3 -21.4 265 19 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.2 1.05 14 350 8556 -26.8 -34.0 51 7.2 -28.0 269 26 332.6 332.7 293.0 334.9 0.61 15 300 9654 -33.4 -37.2 68 3.8 -33.9 268 46 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.3 0.52 16 250 10907 -43.3 -52.5 35 9.3 -43.8 261 49 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.12 17 200 12369 -55.3 -60.4 53 5.1 -55.4 263 50 345.2 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14143 -68.7 -72.1 62 3.3 -68.8 258 46 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 19 100 16523 -72.7 -82.0 23 9.3 -72.8 284 20 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.25 m Freezing level: 613.31 mb = 4275.19 m = 14026.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.86 mb = 3640.89 m = 11945.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.99 % Est. max temperature: 38.68 C = 101.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 578.76 mb = 4732.19 m = 15525.36 ft T: -2.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 463.28 mb = 6469.49 m = 21225.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.39 C = 122.70 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 6.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 34.19 C Cross Totals Index: 3.74 C K Index: 13.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 20.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6376.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.58 mb = 5198.83 m = 17056.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 97.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.84 Bulk Shear: 1.04 m/s