MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: -29.95,30.98 Latitude: -29.95 Longitude: 30.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 79 18.3 14.8 80 3.5 16.1 200 6 290.1 292.0 288.6 319.6 10.47 1 1000 207 16.9 13.8 82 3.1 15.0 189 7 290.1 291.8 288.2 318.2 9.97 2 950 643 13.4 12.2 93 1.1 12.7 167 9 290.7 292.4 287.9 317.5 9.44 3 900 1096 10.3 10.1 99 0.2 10.2 152 11 292.1 293.6 287.6 316.7 8.62 4 850 1570 7.9 7.5 98 0.4 7.7 167 12 294.4 295.8 287.6 316.5 7.68 5 800 2069 5.5 5.2 98 0.4 5.4 183 12 297.1 298.3 287.9 317.4 6.94 6 750 2595 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 204 11 300.2 301.4 288.5 319.3 6.40 7 700 3154 0.9 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 221 11 303.5 304.6 288.9 320.7 5.69 8 650 3745 -3.0 -5.0 86 2.1 -3.9 222 15 305.6 306.4 288.1 318.1 4.04 9 600 4377 -5.8 -10.9 67 5.1 -7.8 236 26 309.4 309.9 288.2 318.2 2.77 10 550 5054 -9.6 -13.4 74 3.8 -10.9 254 30 312.7 313.2 288.9 320.7 2.47 11 500 5783 -14.8 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 261 30 315.0 315.5 289.6 322.7 2.34 12 450 6573 -19.7 -28.0 48 8.3 -21.5 261 45 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.85 13 400 7438 -25.1 -25.2 99 0.2 -25.1 276 59 322.4 322.6 290.7 326.7 1.23 14 350 8394 -32.3 -36.4 67 4.1 -32.8 272 73 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.49 15 300 9465 -39.4 -50.0 32 10.6 -40.1 273 91 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 16 250 10685 -48.8 -55.7 45 6.8 -49.0 276 95 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12132 -54.0 -69.5 13 15.4 -54.3 270 85 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13955 -59.8 -78.8 7 19.0 -60.0 265 74 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16450 -67.3 -84.6 7 17.3 -67.4 264 45 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5575.76 m Freezing level: 688.11 mb = 3294.51 m = 10808.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.19 mb = 3243.42 m = 10641.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.33 % Est. max temperature: 21.79 C = 71.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.60 mb = 513.19 m = 1683.67 ft T: 14.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 3.09 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.49 mb = 825.56 m = 2708.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.40 C = 66.92 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.37 mb = 745.88 m = 2447.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.37 mb = 972.27 m = 3189.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.37 mb = 2034.40 m = 6674.45 ft B at Equ Level: 12.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.37 mb = 2776.81 m = 9110.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 24.05 m/s