MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F342.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F342.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 342 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 13.57,-70.59 Latitude: 13.57 Longitude: -70.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 1 28.7 26.0 85 2.8 26.6 89 21 301.1 305.0 299.5 364.2 21.36 1 1000 77 27.8 24.6 83 3.2 25.4 89 25 301.0 304.6 298.6 359.6 19.87 2 950 531 23.6 22.5 93 1.1 22.8 90 29 301.1 304.5 297.7 355.1 18.32 3 900 1004 22.4 14.4 60 8.0 17.0 103 29 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.9 11.50 4 850 1500 20.3 11.6 57 8.7 14.7 109 24 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.2 10.17 5 800 2021 17.3 8.5 56 8.8 11.8 114 18 309.6 311.2 293.4 336.3 8.75 6 750 2569 13.8 5.1 56 8.7 8.6 114 15 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.3 7.37 7 700 3147 10.4 -1.1 45 11.5 4.3 110 17 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.0 5.05 8 650 3759 6.6 -7.2 37 13.8 0.1 111 19 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.6 3.43 9 600 4411 2.3 -9.0 43 11.3 -2.7 112 19 318.8 319.4 291.5 329.4 3.23 10 550 5108 -1.9 -13.1 42 11.2 -6.4 110 19 321.9 322.4 291.8 330.4 2.54 11 500 5860 -6.1 -18.3 37 12.2 -10.4 102 18 325.7 326.0 292.2 331.9 1.81 12 450 6677 -11.0 -26.7 26 15.7 -15.2 93 16 329.5 329.7 292.5 332.9 0.96 13 400 7571 -17.0 -32.5 25 15.5 -20.3 77 11 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.2 0.62 14 350 8561 -22.9 -42.8 14 19.9 -25.7 81 17 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.25 15 300 9672 -31.6 -48.4 17 16.8 -33.2 54 19 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 16 250 10932 -41.8 -53.2 28 11.3 -42.5 43 18 343.9 343.9 295.4 344.3 0.11 17 200 12404 -53.9 -62.4 35 8.5 -54.1 31 21 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14185 -69.2 -72.5 62 3.3 -69.2 60 17 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 19 100 16543 -77.2 -81.8 48 4.6 -77.3 31 9 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.01 m Freezing level: 572.39 mb = 4796.10 m = 15735.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.61 mb = 3789.34 m = 12432.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.52 C = 94.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.83 mb = 348.34 m = 1142.85 ft T: 25.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 36.65 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1551.17 m = 5089.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: 26.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1838.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.69 mb = 814.42 m = 2671.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.69 mb = 2403.95 m = 7886.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.69 mb = 14810.73 m = 48591.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1787.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.2 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 136.2 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 1.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.5 neg: -11.7 tot: 44.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 177.93 Bulk Shear: 10.33 m/s