MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 1 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-68.7 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -68.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 41 24.6 22.2 87 2.4 22.9 107 4 297.0 300.1 295.7 346.0 16.94 1 1000 115 25.1 21.6 81 3.5 22.6 112 5 298.3 301.3 295.7 346.1 16.44 2 950 565 22.7 20.0 85 2.7 20.8 124 7 300.2 303.0 295.7 346.1 15.66 3 900 1036 20.4 16.1 77 4.3 17.5 113 7 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.6 12.89 4 850 1528 18.3 13.0 71 5.3 14.8 88 7 305.3 307.3 294.0 338.6 11.13 5 800 2047 15.8 8.9 63 6.9 11.5 68 8 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.2 8.96 6 750 2592 12.5 6.8 68 5.8 9.0 59 9 310.2 311.7 293.2 335.6 8.27 7 700 3168 8.9 4.0 71 4.9 6.1 59 7 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.1 7.32 8 650 3779 5.3 0.1 69 5.2 2.5 62 6 315.0 316.1 292.7 333.8 5.95 9 600 4429 1.7 -2.7 73 4.4 -0.5 82 6 318.1 319.1 293.0 335.0 5.24 10 550 5127 -1.7 -5.2 77 3.5 -3.4 107 7 322.0 323.0 293.7 337.5 4.71 11 500 5881 -5.3 -10.6 66 5.3 -7.6 127 8 326.6 327.3 293.9 338.1 3.41 12 450 6701 -10.4 -16.4 62 5.9 -12.6 118 10 330.1 330.6 293.9 338.3 2.37 13 400 7597 -16.1 -23.7 52 7.5 -18.3 88 9 334.0 334.3 294.1 339.1 1.42 14 350 8590 -22.6 -40.2 19 17.6 -25.4 79 15 338.2 338.3 294.2 339.5 0.33 15 300 9701 -31.1 -41.3 36 10.2 -32.4 59 24 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.9 0.34 16 250 10967 -41.4 -49.7 40 8.3 -42.0 51 24 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.1 0.16 17 200 12438 -54.3 -56.2 80 1.8 -54.4 55 29 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.1 0.10 18 150 14222 -68.0 -68.3 95 0.4 -68.0 80 48 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.03 19 100 16585 -76.5 -81.4 45 5.0 -76.5 77 24 379.9 379.9 302.2 380.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.14 m Freezing level: 574.89 mb = 4779.27 m = 15679.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4316.84 m = 14162.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.47 % Est. max temperature: 32.37 C = 90.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.41 mb = 342.51 m = 1123.69 ft T: 23.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1617.24 m = 5305.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.32 C = 91.98 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 31.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 192.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.54 mb = 896.25 m = 2940.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.54 mb = 3055.13 m = 10023.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.54 mb = 9947.65 m = 32636.25 ft B at Equ Level: 191.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.54 mb = 13462.33 m = 44167.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 88.4 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 118.4 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -5.6 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 120.89 Bulk Shear: 1.59 m/s