MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 19.73,-80.20 Latitude: 19.73 Longitude: -80.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28.8 23.1 72 5.7 24.6 88 9 300.9 304.2 297.4 353.5 17.87 1 1000 106 27.6 21.7 71 5.8 23.3 89 10 300.7 303.7 296.5 349.5 16.60 2 950 559 23.7 20.0 80 3.7 21.1 90 10 301.3 304.1 296.1 347.4 15.70 3 900 1030 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 95 10 302.6 305.2 295.0 343.0 13.64 4 850 1524 18.5 13.0 70 5.5 14.9 97 8 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.9 11.12 5 800 2042 15.8 11.3 74 4.5 12.9 88 7 308.0 310.0 294.3 340.1 10.58 6 750 2589 12.9 8.9 76 4.0 10.4 84 5 310.6 312.4 294.3 339.9 9.56 7 700 3166 9.7 5.4 74 4.3 7.1 99 4 313.2 314.8 293.9 338.3 8.05 8 650 3779 6.1 2.9 80 3.2 4.2 141 3 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.8 7.28 9 600 4431 1.9 1.0 94 0.9 1.4 163 1 318.3 319.6 294.4 340.2 6.89 10 550 5130 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 306 1 321.8 323.0 294.6 340.9 5.91 11 500 5884 -5.5 -6.9 90 1.4 -6.2 37 3 326.3 327.2 294.7 341.5 4.56 12 450 6704 -10.1 -11.8 88 1.6 -10.8 20 4 330.5 331.2 294.9 342.3 3.46 13 400 7603 -15.5 -18.0 82 2.4 -16.4 4 3 334.8 335.3 295.0 343.0 2.33 14 350 8598 -22.2 -22.9 93 0.8 -22.4 161 5 338.9 339.2 295.6 345.1 1.73 15 300 9712 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -31.0 168 7 342.1 342.3 295.6 345.3 0.83 16 250 10978 -41.2 -44.6 70 3.3 -41.5 141 3 344.8 344.8 295.7 345.9 0.29 17 200 12454 -53.2 -57.8 57 4.6 -53.4 172 3 348.5 348.6 296.4 348.9 0.08 18 150 14241 -68.2 -73.0 50 4.9 -68.2 178 1 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 19 100 16588 -79.3 -82.2 62 2.9 -79.3 56 6 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.30 m Freezing level: 575.34 mb = 4775.54 m = 15667.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.72 mb = 4707.03 m = 15442.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.72 C = 90.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.61 mb = 720.09 m = 2362.48 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.57 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1574.97 m = 5167.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.63 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 32.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 439.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.44 mb = 1016.41 m = 3334.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.44 mb = 2972.07 m = 9750.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.44 mb = 11931.26 m = 39144.08 ft B at Equ Level: 436.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.44 mb = 15230.13 m = 49967.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 91.6 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 121.6 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -3.7 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 130.32 Bulk Shear: 3.37 m/s