MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 18.3 13.9 76 4.4 15.6 141 10 290.0 291.8 288.1 317.8 9.87 1 1000 225 16.9 12.4 75 4.5 14.2 141 13 290.1 291.7 287.3 315.7 9.10 2 950 660 13.0 11.3 89 1.7 12.0 143 13 290.4 291.9 287.2 315.4 8.86 3 900 1112 9.5 9.3 99 0.2 9.4 153 13 291.3 292.7 286.9 314.6 8.20 4 850 1585 7.2 7.1 99 0.1 7.1 184 11 293.7 295.0 287.1 315.1 7.45 5 800 2083 4.8 4.8 100 0.0 4.8 201 10 296.3 297.5 287.4 316.0 6.74 6 750 2607 2.2 2.2 100 0.1 2.2 219 9 299.0 300.1 287.6 316.7 5.97 7 700 3162 -1.2 -1.4 99 0.2 -1.3 245 13 301.1 302.0 287.4 316.0 4.93 8 650 3753 -1.8 -19.3 25 17.5 -7.3 224 11 306.9 307.2 285.7 311.1 1.28 9 600 4385 -5.3 -26.7 17 21.4 -10.8 242 12 310.0 310.1 286.2 312.4 0.72 10 550 5062 -10.1 -27.0 24 16.9 -14.2 249 18 312.1 312.2 287.0 314.7 0.76 11 500 5789 -15.2 -39.6 11 24.3 -19.0 258 24 314.5 314.5 287.2 315.4 0.25 12 450 6575 -21.0 -46.6 8 25.5 -23.9 256 33 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.3 0.13 13 400 7434 -26.8 -41.2 24 14.5 -28.5 263 54 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.2 0.26 14 350 8386 -32.8 -43.3 34 10.6 -33.8 273 66 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.24 15 300 9454 -40.8 -51.1 32 10.4 -41.3 281 76 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.12 16 250 10666 -50.0 -57.4 42 7.4 -50.3 284 76 331.7 331.7 292.2 332.0 0.07 17 200 12115 -53.5 -72.3 8 18.7 -53.8 276 74 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13936 -59.6 -78.2 7 18.6 -59.8 264 69 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16446 -63.4 -85.7 3 22.3 -63.6 267 27 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5563.66 m Freezing level: 717.77 mb = 2965.04 m = 9727.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.89 mb = 2948.14 m = 9672.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.65 % Est. max temperature: 21.12 C = 70.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.26 mb = 631.11 m = 2070.56 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.54 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.51 mb = 923.91 m = 3031.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.19 C = 66.54 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 29.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.40 mb = 852.51 m = 2796.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.40 mb = 1080.80 m = 3545.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 823.40 mb = 1846.15 m = 6056.83 ft B at Equ Level: 7.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 743.40 mb = 2678.38 m = 8787.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 38.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 38.47 m/s