MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.03,-69.97 Latitude: 31.03 Longitude: -69.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1019 1 22.6 14.0 58 8.7 17.1 9 8 294.2 296.0 289.5 322.5 9.88 1 1000 163 20.8 12.1 57 8.7 15.4 8 8 294.0 295.6 288.6 319.5 8.88 2 950 603 16.5 11.2 71 5.3 13.3 8 8 294.0 295.6 288.5 319.3 8.82 3 900 1061 12.3 10.1 86 2.2 11.0 8 8 294.2 295.7 288.4 319.0 8.63 4 850 1537 8.3 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 16 8 294.9 296.3 287.9 317.5 7.84 5 800 2039 11.4 -8.9 23 20.3 2.7 358 10 303.3 303.7 285.7 310.9 2.43 6 750 2578 11.3 -2.9 37 14.2 4.2 352 13 308.8 309.6 289.3 321.7 4.13 7 700 3152 9.1 -4.4 38 13.5 2.4 346 16 312.5 313.3 290.3 325.0 3.93 8 650 3762 5.8 -8.3 35 14.2 -0.6 335 18 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.7 3.13 9 600 4412 1.9 -16.1 25 18.0 -4.9 325 17 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.3 1.81 10 550 5106 -3.3 -19.7 27 16.4 -8.8 309 17 320.2 320.4 290.3 325.1 1.45 11 500 5851 -9.7 -19.6 44 9.9 -12.8 290 21 321.3 321.6 290.8 326.8 1.61 12 450 6654 -15.7 -25.6 43 9.8 -18.2 283 27 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.2 1.06 13 400 7531 -21.8 -34.6 30 12.9 -24.0 278 32 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.51 14 350 8501 -28.8 -36.3 48 7.6 -29.9 273 37 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.49 15 300 9586 -36.7 -46.9 34 10.3 -37.5 276 46 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.19 16 250 10827 -44.6 -60.7 15 16.0 -45.2 287 44 339.7 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12289 -53.5 -68.0 15 14.6 -53.8 295 49 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14098 -62.7 -79.1 9 16.4 -62.9 310 37 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16527 -72.2 -82.6 19 10.4 -72.3 313 26 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.03 m Freezing level: 582.07 mb = 4660.71 m = 15290.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.47 mb = 3642.43 m = 11950.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.03 % Est. max temperature: 23.03 C = 73.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.87 mb = 1089.71 m = 3575.11 ft T: 12.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.78 mb = 1326.36 m = 4351.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 9.02 C Lifted Index: 6.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.80 C Showalter Index: 8.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.49 C K Index: 12.33 Risk: None Sweat Index: 130.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.88 mb = 1258.68 m = 4129.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.88 mb = 1402.22 m = 4600.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.88 mb = 1597.04 m = 5239.57 ft B at Equ Level: 0.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 833.88 mb = 1695.63 m = 5563.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.5 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 3.5 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -0.6 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s