MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F303.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F303.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 303 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 23.98,-84.92 Latitude: 23.98 Longitude: -84.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 25.7 23.3 87 2.4 23.9 111 18 297.6 300.9 296.6 349.8 18.00 1 1000 123 23.9 21.7 87 2.2 22.3 113 20 297.1 300.1 295.5 345.0 16.55 2 950 570 20.4 19.7 96 0.7 19.9 121 20 297.8 300.6 294.9 342.4 15.35 3 900 1038 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 143 19 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.5 13.55 4 850 1527 16.0 15.2 96 0.7 15.5 164 19 302.9 305.2 294.6 341.1 12.92 5 800 2042 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 186 19 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.6 12.08 6 750 2585 11.2 11.2 100 0.1 11.2 212 18 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.9 11.21 7 700 3160 8.4 7.8 96 0.6 8.0 239 13 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.3 9.56 8 650 3771 5.5 4.1 91 1.4 4.7 261 10 315.2 316.7 294.3 340.1 7.95 9 600 4422 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 292 6 318.1 319.5 294.5 340.7 7.09 10 550 5121 -1.3 -1.5 98 0.2 -1.4 290 1 322.5 323.7 295.0 342.7 6.23 11 500 5877 -4.9 -5.4 97 0.4 -5.1 201 5 327.0 328.1 295.3 344.1 5.14 12 450 6700 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.6 196 8 331.5 332.3 295.6 345.2 4.01 13 400 7602 -14.6 -15.0 96 0.5 -14.7 212 7 336.0 336.6 295.8 346.5 2.98 14 350 8601 -21.1 -21.2 100 0.1 -21.1 253 7 340.3 340.7 296.1 347.6 2.02 15 300 9721 -29.3 -29.3 100 0.0 -29.3 269 11 344.1 344.3 296.3 348.3 1.12 16 250 10994 -39.8 -39.8 100 -0.0 -39.8 285 16 346.9 347.0 296.4 348.8 0.48 17 200 12475 -53.4 -53.4 100 0.0 -53.4 280 26 348.2 348.2 296.4 348.8 0.13 18 150 14255 -69.0 -70.3 84 1.3 -69.1 292 48 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 19 100 16609 -78.8 -81.1 69 2.3 -78.8 1 5 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.44 m Freezing level: 571.56 mb = 4819.75 m = 15812.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.18 mb = 4775.57 m = 15667.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.92 mb = 299.81 m = 983.62 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 9.39 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 757.05 m = 2483.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.83 mb = 626.57 m = 2055.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.83 mb = 1438.76 m = 4720.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 528.83 mb = 5432.63 m = 17823.38 ft B at Equ Level: 57.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.83 mb = 7434.86 m = 24392.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 213.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 48.00 m/s