MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 25.92,-39.09 Latitude: 25.92 Longitude: -39.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 25.2 22.6 86 2.6 23.3 195 29 297.6 300.7 296.2 348.0 17.38 1 1000 84 24.1 21.2 83 3.0 22.1 196 35 297.3 300.2 295.2 343.6 16.01 2 950 531 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 201 40 297.5 300.2 294.6 341.0 15.03 3 900 996 17.4 16.5 95 0.9 16.8 209 43 299.4 301.8 293.9 338.0 13.23 4 850 1484 15.1 14.2 95 0.8 14.6 212 40 301.9 304.2 293.7 337.7 12.10 5 800 1997 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.8 213 37 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.4 10.63 6 750 2538 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 209 35 307.9 309.6 293.1 335.2 8.99 7 700 3110 7.6 5.0 83 2.6 6.1 205 33 310.9 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.84 8 650 3719 4.9 1.4 78 3.5 2.9 202 31 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.9 6.51 9 600 4369 1.5 -2.3 76 3.8 -0.5 201 31 317.8 318.8 293.0 335.0 5.38 10 550 5064 -3.0 -5.8 81 2.7 -4.3 192 27 320.5 321.4 293.1 335.2 4.53 11 500 5814 -7.1 -11.7 69 4.6 -8.9 185 20 324.4 325.1 293.0 334.9 3.13 12 450 6629 -11.7 -18.4 57 6.7 -14.0 185 21 328.5 328.9 293.2 335.4 1.99 13 400 7522 -16.9 -25.2 49 8.2 -19.1 182 20 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.5 1.24 14 350 8510 -24.5 -29.6 63 5.0 -25.6 187 28 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.2 0.94 15 300 9612 -33.4 -38.3 61 4.9 -34.1 183 32 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.1 0.47 16 250 10863 -44.2 -47.8 67 3.7 -44.4 180 34 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12317 -56.1 -59.5 65 3.4 -56.2 180 16 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14103 -65.9 -75.5 25 9.7 -66.0 339 35 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16520 -72.1 -82.7 19 10.6 -72.2 303 21 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.31 m Freezing level: 583.84 mb = 4593.57 m = 15070.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.40 mb = 4269.14 m = 14006.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.36 mb = 327.93 m = 1075.86 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 13.06 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.38 mb = 673.53 m = 2209.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 180.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.07 mb = 630.35 m = 2068.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.07 mb = 768.98 m = 2522.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.07 mb = 7445.10 m = 24425.89 ft B at Equ Level: 150.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.07 mb = 13179.12 m = 43238.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.9 neg: -30.2 tot: 73.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 71.04 Bulk Shear: 2.55 m/s