MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 34,-66.5 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -66.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -226 SFC 975 -0 26.3 24.2 88 2.1 24.7 158 78 301.6 305.3 298.8 360.4 19.88 2 950 227 23.7 22.4 92 1.3 22.8 167 107 301.3 304.6 297.7 355.1 18.26 3 900 699 20.6 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 174 118 302.8 305.9 297.4 353.5 17.10 4 850 1192 18.5 18.4 100 0.0 18.5 180 121 305.5 308.4 297.3 353.1 15.90 5 800 1712 16.8 16.7 100 0.0 16.8 187 117 309.0 311.9 297.7 355.1 15.16 6 750 2261 14.7 14.7 99 0.1 14.7 190 108 312.6 315.3 297.9 356.1 14.14 7 700 2842 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 192 105 315.7 318.1 297.7 354.8 12.55 8 650 3458 9.2 8.9 98 0.3 9.0 197 99 319.3 321.5 297.5 354.4 11.07 9 600 4118 6.1 5.7 97 0.4 5.9 202 87 323.2 325.1 297.5 354.2 9.63 10 550 4827 2.7 2.2 97 0.5 2.4 204 77 327.3 328.9 297.5 354.1 8.18 11 500 5594 -0.9 -1.4 96 0.5 -1.2 204 66 331.9 333.3 297.7 355.2 6.93 12 450 6431 -4.6 -5.4 94 0.8 -5.0 204 55 337.5 338.7 298.1 357.1 5.71 13 400 7351 -9.0 -10.5 88 1.6 -9.7 199 47 343.3 344.2 298.4 358.5 4.29 14 350 8377 -14.2 -17.3 77 3.1 -15.4 199 44 349.7 350.3 298.7 360.0 2.81 15 300 9531 -21.7 -28.9 52 7.2 -23.6 206 37 354.8 355.1 298.6 359.4 1.17 16 250 10844 -32.8 -38.8 55 5.9 -33.7 192 29 357.2 357.3 298.6 359.4 0.53 17 200 12371 -46.5 -47.4 90 0.9 -46.6 188 27 359.1 359.2 298.8 360.3 0.26 18 150 14210 -62.4 -63.9 83 1.4 -62.4 224 22 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.7 0.05 19 100 16620 -73.3 -81.2 29 7.8 -73.3 304 16 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.58 m Freezing level: 512.67 mb = 5399.97 m = 17716.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 516.94 mb = 5326.21 m = 17474.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.24 mb = 261.61 m = 858.28 ft T: 23.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.26 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 591.35 m = 1940.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.35 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 529.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.86 mb = 565.30 m = 1854.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.86 mb = 613.15 m = 2011.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.86 mb = 1724.05 m = 5656.26 ft B at Equ Level: 19.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 478.86 mb = 5937.15 m = 19478.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.4 at 96.5 knts Storm direction: 220.4 at 72.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1559.8 neg: -5.5 tot: 1554.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 518.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.5 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 225.21 m/s