MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-82.88 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -82.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 29.2 23.3 71 5.8 24.9 122 12 301.2 304.5 297.6 354.5 18.11 1 1000 114 27.9 21.6 69 6.3 23.4 122 13 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.5 16.49 2 950 568 23.6 20.6 83 3.1 21.4 123 14 301.1 304.1 296.4 348.9 16.24 3 900 1039 20.9 15.9 73 5.1 17.5 124 15 303.1 305.4 294.5 340.7 12.69 4 850 1532 18.5 13.1 71 5.4 14.9 128 16 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.0 11.19 5 800 2050 15.5 10.5 72 5.0 12.3 132 16 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.1 10.02 6 750 2596 12.1 8.3 78 3.8 9.7 128 17 309.7 311.4 293.8 337.9 9.21 7 700 3171 8.7 5.2 79 3.5 6.6 120 18 312.1 313.6 293.5 336.8 7.97 8 650 3781 5.3 1.4 76 4.0 3.1 114 20 315.0 316.2 293.2 335.5 6.51 9 600 4432 1.6 -2.4 75 3.9 -0.4 110 19 317.9 319.0 293.1 335.2 5.37 10 550 5128 -2.4 -7.0 70 4.6 -4.6 103 16 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.7 4.10 11 500 5879 -6.9 -12.2 65 5.4 -9.1 93 14 324.7 325.3 293.0 334.7 2.99 12 450 6694 -11.5 -17.9 59 6.4 -13.7 82 13 328.7 329.1 293.3 335.9 2.07 13 400 7588 -17.1 -23.9 55 6.9 -19.0 82 17 332.8 333.1 293.8 337.8 1.38 14 350 8577 -23.1 -31.7 46 8.5 -24.9 72 24 337.6 337.7 294.4 340.5 0.77 15 300 9691 -29.9 -39.8 38 9.9 -31.3 45 35 343.2 343.3 295.4 344.7 0.40 16 250 10960 -40.4 -48.7 41 8.3 -41.1 37 32 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.7 0.18 17 200 12438 -53.4 -59.1 50 5.7 -53.6 31 25 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.4 0.07 18 150 14222 -68.8 -72.3 60 3.5 -68.8 18 25 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 19 100 16577 -74.9 -81.9 33 6.9 -75.0 105 21 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.75 m Freezing level: 580.13 mb = 4708.74 m = 15448.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.28 mb = 4347.23 m = 14262.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.96 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.26 mb = 741.19 m = 2431.71 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.00 mb = 1532.12 m = 5026.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.24 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 689.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.55 mb = 1023.66 m = 3358.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.55 mb = 2301.69 m = 7551.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.55 mb = 11911.64 m = 39079.70 ft B at Equ Level: 689.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.55 mb = 15687.61 m = 51467.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 410.08 Bulk Shear: 1.68 m/s