MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 12Z THU 2 OCT 25 Station: 18.65,-85.40 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -85.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 28.6 23.8 75 4.8 25.0 118 9 300.7 304.1 297.8 355.5 18.65 1 1000 106 27.5 22.6 75 4.9 23.9 119 10 300.6 303.8 297.1 352.0 17.49 2 950 558 23.4 21.4 88 2.0 21.9 120 10 300.9 304.0 296.9 351.1 17.08 3 900 1030 20.5 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 127 10 302.7 305.4 295.8 346.4 14.78 4 850 1523 18.2 14.7 80 3.5 15.8 133 10 305.3 307.6 294.9 342.6 12.47 5 800 2041 15.8 11.7 76 4.1 13.1 134 9 308.0 310.0 294.5 340.8 10.84 6 750 2588 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.7 130 8 310.7 312.5 294.6 340.9 9.86 7 700 3166 9.8 6.6 81 3.2 7.9 123 7 313.4 315.0 294.5 340.7 8.80 8 650 3779 6.5 3.5 81 3.0 4.7 116 5 316.3 317.7 294.4 340.2 7.58 9 600 4432 3.1 -0.9 75 3.9 1.0 111 4 319.7 320.8 294.0 338.9 5.99 10 550 5133 -0.7 -6.7 64 6.0 -3.6 101 4 323.3 324.1 293.6 337.2 4.21 11 500 5888 -5.2 -10.5 66 5.3 -7.5 81 6 326.7 327.4 293.9 338.3 3.44 12 450 6710 -9.4 -15.3 62 5.9 -11.7 74 10 331.4 331.9 294.4 340.3 2.58 13 400 7610 -15.5 -19.3 73 3.8 -16.7 74 12 334.9 335.3 294.8 342.3 2.08 14 350 8604 -22.4 -25.6 75 3.2 -23.2 101 12 338.5 338.8 295.1 343.5 1.36 15 300 9718 -30.6 -34.2 71 3.6 -31.2 109 10 342.2 342.3 295.5 344.9 0.70 16 250 10984 -41.1 -42.0 91 0.9 -41.2 133 12 345.0 345.1 295.8 346.5 0.38 17 200 12460 -53.0 -57.0 62 4.0 -53.1 152 15 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.09 18 150 14250 -68.4 -71.4 65 3.0 -68.5 146 14 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16590 -80.2 -82.0 75 1.8 -80.3 115 20 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.66 m Freezing level: 559.09 mb = 5005.56 m = 16422.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.39 mb = 4575.87 m = 15012.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.98 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.81 mb = 606.15 m = 1988.67 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1082.20 m = 3550.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.22 mb = 845.42 m = 2773.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.22 mb = 2102.74 m = 6898.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.22 mb = 13686.62 m = 44903.07 ft B at Equ Level: 867.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.6 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 149.6 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.1 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 741.91 Bulk Shear: 1.18 m/s