MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1017 79 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.1 156 9 290.4 292.2 288.6 319.7 10.40 1 1000 222 17.3 13.4 78 3.9 14.8 152 11 290.4 292.1 288.0 317.8 9.69 2 950 657 13.4 12.2 92 1.3 12.7 149 13 290.8 292.5 287.9 317.5 9.42 3 900 1110 10.2 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 144 13 292.0 293.5 287.6 316.6 8.64 4 850 1584 7.6 7.4 99 0.1 7.5 153 11 294.1 295.4 287.5 316.1 7.64 5 800 2082 5.3 5.2 99 0.1 5.2 173 10 296.8 298.1 287.8 317.1 6.95 6 750 2608 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.6 198 8 299.6 300.7 288.0 317.7 6.12 7 700 3164 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 232 10 301.9 302.9 287.9 317.3 5.11 8 650 3755 -1.5 -16.0 32 14.5 -6.5 207 13 307.3 307.6 286.3 312.7 1.68 9 600 4387 -5.5 -19.2 33 13.6 -9.8 224 17 309.7 310.0 286.8 314.3 1.40 10 550 5063 -10.5 -14.5 72 4.0 -11.8 238 22 311.7 312.1 288.4 319.0 2.26 11 500 5790 -15.2 -16.1 93 0.9 -15.5 249 26 314.5 314.9 289.2 321.6 2.17 12 450 6579 -19.8 -22.1 82 2.3 -20.4 269 47 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.2 1.45 13 400 7440 -27.1 -35.3 46 8.2 -28.3 266 56 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.47 14 350 8393 -31.9 -42.2 36 10.2 -33.0 271 80 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.27 15 300 9465 -39.4 -47.4 43 8.0 -40.0 280 85 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.5 0.18 16 250 10685 -48.9 -55.4 47 6.5 -49.1 285 87 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12132 -54.3 -71.1 11 16.8 -54.5 277 82 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.01 18 150 13953 -59.6 -78.7 7 19.1 -59.8 261 76 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16452 -65.3 -85.0 5 19.8 -65.4 268 29 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.02 m Freezing level: 707.65 mb = 3078.92 m = 10101.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.76 mb = 3041.01 m = 9976.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.14 % Est. max temperature: 21.61 C = 70.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.72 mb = 570.72 m = 1872.43 ft T: 14.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.56 mb = 866.59 m = 2843.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.62 C = 67.31 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 29.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.74 mb = 792.95 m = 2601.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.74 mb = 1020.19 m = 3347.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 769.74 mb = 2396.49 m = 7862.40 ft B at Equ Level: 18.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 659.74 mb = 3636.00 m = 11929.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -4.8 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 24.44 m/s