MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 18.22,-27.23 Latitude: 18.22 Longitude: -27.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 25.5 21.5 78 4.0 22.6 205 8 297.5 300.4 295.3 344.1 16.11 1 1000 126 24.3 20.4 79 3.8 21.6 206 9 297.4 300.2 294.7 341.6 15.27 2 950 573 21.0 17.3 79 3.7 18.5 215 9 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.0 13.21 3 900 1041 19.7 10.9 57 8.8 14.2 219 9 301.8 303.5 291.4 328.9 9.13 4 850 1531 17.3 7.4 52 9.9 11.4 220 10 304.3 305.7 290.9 327.1 7.61 5 800 2046 14.3 3.4 48 10.8 8.2 224 13 306.3 307.5 290.3 325.0 6.12 6 750 2588 10.8 -4.2 35 15.0 3.5 224 18 308.3 309.0 288.7 319.9 3.72 7 700 3158 6.5 -6.1 40 12.7 0.7 227 23 309.7 310.4 288.9 320.6 3.45 8 650 3762 2.4 -2.6 69 5.0 -0.1 233 23 311.7 312.6 290.8 326.9 4.85 9 600 4405 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 246 18 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.3 5.64 10 550 5095 -4.4 -6.8 83 2.4 -5.5 261 17 318.9 319.7 292.4 332.4 4.17 11 500 5840 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.9 -9.2 260 18 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.68 12 450 6650 -13.2 -14.3 92 1.0 -13.6 255 19 326.6 327.2 293.3 336.2 2.82 13 400 7538 -18.9 -19.5 96 0.5 -19.1 258 22 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.5 2.05 14 350 8519 -25.8 -26.8 91 1.0 -26.1 252 25 333.9 334.2 293.9 338.3 1.22 15 300 9616 -34.1 -35.5 87 1.4 -34.3 248 26 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.6 0.62 16 250 10866 -44.0 -44.0 100 -0.0 -44.0 255 29 340.7 340.8 294.8 341.9 0.31 17 200 12322 -55.8 -58.5 72 2.7 -55.9 292 17 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14106 -65.8 -70.7 50 5.0 -65.8 340 35 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16522 -72.3 -82.6 20 10.3 -72.3 337 12 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.67 m Freezing level: 618.28 mb = 4169.50 m = 13679.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3681.77 m = 12079.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.64 mb = 512.41 m = 1681.12 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 24.19 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.99 mb = 1867.75 m = 6127.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.73 C = 92.72 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 20.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 126.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.53 mb = 997.42 m = 3272.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.53 mb = 3046.10 m = 9993.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 389.53 mb = 7732.63 m = 25369.21 ft B at Equ Level: 178.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.53 mb = 11145.00 m = 36564.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 32.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.21 Bulk Shear: 11.04 m/s