MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F321.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F321.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 321 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 18.71,-8.86 Latitude: 18.71 Longitude: -8.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 972 348 28.0 -2.2 14 30.2 12.4 60 8 303.6 304.3 286.7 314.0 3.35 2 950 548 31.0 -3.2 11 34.1 13.1 74 14 308.6 309.2 288.3 318.6 3.18 3 900 1029 29.2 -4.5 11 33.7 11.7 95 15 311.6 312.2 289.1 321.3 3.03 4 850 1532 24.6 -5.4 13 30.0 9.5 101 15 311.9 312.5 289.2 321.5 2.99 5 800 2057 19.5 -6.2 17 25.6 6.9 100 14 311.9 312.5 289.2 321.6 3.01 6 750 2606 14.1 -6.9 23 21.0 4.2 96 13 311.9 312.5 289.2 321.6 3.04 7 700 3181 8.6 -8.1 30 16.7 1.0 92 11 312.0 312.6 289.2 321.5 2.96 8 650 3787 3.5 -13.2 28 16.7 -3.1 107 9 312.9 313.3 288.7 319.8 2.12 9 600 4432 0.1 -25.2 13 25.3 -7.4 141 7 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.1 0.82 10 550 5124 -2.7 -40.0 4 37.3 -10.5 117 9 320.9 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.21 11 500 5873 -6.8 -48.1 2 41.3 -13.6 92 14 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.10 12 450 6687 -12.3 -48.0 3 35.7 -17.7 79 11 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 13 400 7574 -18.5 -44.1 9 25.6 -22.2 108 20 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 14 350 8554 -26.2 -47.7 11 21.5 -28.5 82 22 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.15 15 300 9646 -35.9 -51.8 18 15.8 -37.0 106 16 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10885 -45.9 -60.6 18 14.7 -46.4 90 15 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12333 -56.8 -70.1 17 13.3 -57.0 189 12 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 14102 -68.6 -77.5 27 8.9 -68.7 274 25 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 19 100 16508 -70.5 -82.9 15 12.4 -70.6 278 27 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.93 m Freezing level: 598.14 mb = 4458.07 m = 14626.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.35 mb = 3330.43 m = 10926.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.57 % Est. max temperature: 36.22 C = 97.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.79 mb = 4144.92 m = 13598.66 ft T: 1.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 441.70 mb = 6827.02 m = 22398.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 52.43 C = 126.38 F Cap Strength: 8.85 C Lifted Index: 9.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Showalter Index: 8.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 1.33 C K Index: 9.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 44.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8109.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 563.57 mb = 4930.40 m = 16175.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.8 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 129.8 at 8.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.13 Bulk Shear: 3.24 m/s