MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: -0.73,-41.49 Latitude: -0.73 Longitude: -41.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26.6 23.9 85 2.7 24.6 95 15 298.8 302.3 297.4 353.7 18.78 1 1000 88 25.7 22.5 83 3.2 23.5 95 18 298.9 302.1 296.6 349.8 17.46 2 950 539 22.3 19.6 85 2.7 20.4 90 25 299.8 302.6 295.4 344.5 15.29 3 900 1008 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 84 26 301.1 303.7 295.0 343.0 14.27 4 850 1500 19.6 6.0 41 13.6 11.6 85 25 306.7 308.0 291.0 327.7 6.91 5 800 2020 18.1 -4.8 21 22.9 6.8 94 19 310.4 311.1 289.0 321.1 3.35 6 750 2569 15.4 -8.1 19 23.4 4.4 120 15 313.3 313.8 289.4 322.2 2.77 7 700 3148 10.7 -1.0 44 11.7 4.5 151 16 314.4 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.09 8 650 3760 6.4 -8.7 33 15.1 -0.4 131 13 316.1 316.7 290.6 326.0 3.04 9 600 4412 1.9 -5.3 58 7.3 -1.6 102 12 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.2 4.28 10 550 5108 -2.5 -5.4 81 2.8 -3.9 80 13 321.1 322.0 293.4 336.3 4.67 11 500 5859 -6.7 -8.4 88 1.7 -7.5 49 16 324.9 325.7 293.9 338.3 4.06 12 450 6677 -10.5 -18.6 51 8.1 -13.3 36 18 330.0 330.4 293.5 336.8 1.95 13 400 7576 -14.8 -45.4 5 30.6 -19.7 106 13 335.7 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.17 14 350 8572 -21.7 -48.6 7 26.9 -25.1 200 8 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 15 300 9684 -31.7 -49.7 15 18.0 -33.3 201 22 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.14 16 250 10942 -42.6 -54.9 25 12.3 -43.2 198 27 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.09 17 200 12415 -53.6 -63.8 28 10.2 -53.8 232 38 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14199 -67.9 -71.7 58 3.8 -67.9 243 37 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16554 -81.0 -84.5 55 3.5 -81.0 260 12 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.74 m Freezing level: 578.38 mb = 4712.73 m = 15461.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3702.72 m = 12147.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.41 % Est. max temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.06 mb = 337.05 m = 1105.80 ft T: 23.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 32.62 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.30 mb = 927.96 m = 3044.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 5.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.71 C K Index: 20.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.05 mb = 778.88 m = 2555.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.05 mb = 3646.31 m = 11962.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.05 mb = 8381.30 m = 27497.38 ft B at Equ Level: 228.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.05 mb = 14639.75 m = 48030.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.9 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 126.9 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.2 neg: -9.0 tot: 14.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 235.45 Bulk Shear: 1.47 m/s