MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-91.22 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 27.7 23.2 76 4.5 24.5 346 8 300.3 303.6 297.4 353.3 18.07 1 1000 88 28.3 22.5 71 5.8 24.0 344 12 301.4 304.6 297.2 352.6 17.39 2 950 543 26.1 19.6 68 6.5 21.5 340 14 303.6 306.5 296.4 349.0 15.28 3 900 1019 23.2 17.6 71 5.6 19.3 345 9 305.4 308.0 296.1 347.9 14.21 4 850 1516 19.7 15.5 76 4.2 16.8 28 8 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.3 13.13 5 800 2036 16.1 13.1 82 3.0 14.1 68 10 308.3 310.6 295.4 344.6 11.96 6 750 2583 12.3 10.3 87 2.0 11.0 92 16 309.9 311.9 294.8 342.1 10.54 7 700 3159 9.2 5.0 75 4.2 6.8 100 17 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.1 7.85 8 650 3771 6.5 -2.7 52 9.2 1.8 102 12 316.3 317.2 292.2 331.7 4.83 9 600 4423 2.7 -6.5 51 9.2 -1.7 121 7 319.2 320.0 292.2 331.9 3.90 10 550 5122 -1.3 -10.6 49 9.3 -5.3 132 6 322.6 323.2 292.5 332.9 3.11 11 500 5876 -5.1 -15.6 44 10.4 -9.1 156 4 326.8 327.2 292.9 334.6 2.27 12 450 6697 -9.6 -24.4 29 14.8 -14.0 143 3 331.2 331.5 293.2 335.5 1.18 13 400 7596 -15.3 -31.6 23 16.4 -19.0 127 4 335.1 335.3 293.7 337.6 0.68 14 350 8592 -21.5 -37.8 21 16.4 -24.4 147 5 339.8 339.9 294.7 341.4 0.42 15 300 9710 -29.5 -44.8 21 15.3 -31.3 148 3 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.24 16 250 10983 -39.9 -53.1 23 13.2 -40.8 49 5 346.7 346.8 296.0 347.2 0.11 17 200 12463 -53.0 -61.9 33 8.9 -53.2 13 3 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.05 18 150 14251 -68.6 -71.9 62 3.3 -68.6 193 4 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16588 -79.2 -82.5 58 3.3 -79.2 123 19 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5788.16 m Freezing level: 566.25 mb = 4894.80 m = 16058.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.51 mb = 4096.82 m = 13440.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.00 % Est. max temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.09 mb = 607.62 m = 1993.50 ft T: 25.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 21.63 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1796.53 m = 5894.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.09 C = 95.16 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.88 mb = 1255.06 m = 4117.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.88 mb = 2350.24 m = 7710.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.88 mb = 13087.74 m = 42938.24 ft B at Equ Level: 584.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.88 mb = 15992.63 m = 52468.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 110.1 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.49 Bulk Shear: 38.02 m/s