MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-69.8 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 31 30.0 23.7 69 6.4 25.3 157 8 302.6 306.0 298.2 357.7 18.61 1 1000 94 28.9 22.7 69 6.2 24.3 158 9 302.0 305.3 297.5 353.9 17.58 2 950 548 24.4 21.4 83 3.0 22.2 162 9 302.0 305.1 297.2 352.6 17.12 3 900 1021 20.9 18.8 88 2.1 19.4 170 8 303.0 305.8 296.3 348.5 15.34 4 850 1515 18.5 13.8 74 4.7 15.4 186 7 305.5 307.7 294.5 340.7 11.75 5 800 2034 16.7 6.9 52 9.8 10.7 192 6 308.9 310.4 292.5 332.8 7.80 6 750 2581 14.1 0.6 40 13.5 6.7 194 4 311.9 312.9 291.3 328.6 5.34 7 700 3159 10.7 -2.0 41 12.7 4.1 189 3 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.3 4.71 8 650 3773 6.9 -3.7 47 10.6 1.5 170 2 316.8 317.6 292.0 331.2 4.49 9 600 4426 3.0 -6.2 51 9.2 -1.4 113 1 319.5 320.3 292.4 332.6 4.00 10 550 5126 -0.9 -8.7 55 7.8 -4.4 102 3 323.0 323.8 293.0 335.0 3.60 11 500 5881 -4.7 -9.6 68 4.9 -6.9 84 5 327.4 328.1 294.3 339.8 3.69 12 450 6704 -9.3 -14.1 68 4.8 -11.2 26 6 331.5 332.1 294.7 341.4 2.86 13 400 7604 -15.6 -20.1 68 4.5 -17.0 15 5 334.8 335.2 294.7 341.7 1.94 14 350 8599 -22.0 -22.5 96 0.5 -22.2 11 12 339.1 339.4 295.6 345.5 1.79 15 300 9716 -29.2 -37.2 46 8.0 -30.4 58 17 344.3 344.4 295.8 346.3 0.52 16 250 10989 -40.2 -44.6 63 4.4 -40.5 52 29 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.5 0.29 17 200 12470 -52.5 -57.9 52 5.4 -52.7 49 35 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.9 0.08 18 150 14265 -66.7 -70.7 57 4.0 -66.8 61 36 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16616 -82.2 -83.2 85 1.0 -82.2 67 28 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.53 m Freezing level: 561.44 mb = 4965.43 m = 16290.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.18 mb = 4103.42 m = 13462.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.87 mb = 839.62 m = 2754.63 ft T: 22.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 29.14 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.20 mb = 1183.64 m = 3883.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.46 C K Index: 24.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.36 mb = 978.69 m = 3210.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.36 mb = 2814.94 m = 9235.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.36 mb = 13507.44 m = 44315.20 ft B at Equ Level: 895.46 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.8 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 193.8 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 396.09 Bulk Shear: 2.28 m/s