MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 10.39,-61.97 Latitude: 10.39 Longitude: -61.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 11 27.3 23.1 78 4.2 24.3 99 13 299.6 302.9 297.1 352.1 17.95 1 1000 97 26.5 21.9 76 4.6 23.2 99 14 299.6 302.7 296.3 348.6 16.75 2 950 548 23.8 19.0 74 4.8 20.4 100 15 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.6 14.69 3 900 1020 21.7 16.3 72 5.3 18.0 105 14 303.9 306.3 295.0 342.8 13.10 4 850 1516 19.6 13.5 68 6.0 15.5 113 14 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.4 11.53 5 800 2036 16.8 11.2 69 5.6 13.1 112 14 309.0 311.0 294.6 340.9 10.48 6 750 2584 13.6 8.7 72 4.9 10.5 106 13 311.3 313.1 294.4 340.5 9.48 7 700 3162 10.0 6.3 78 3.7 7.7 100 12 313.5 315.2 294.4 340.2 8.57 8 650 3775 5.7 3.7 87 2.0 4.5 98 12 315.4 316.9 294.2 339.6 7.71 9 600 4426 1.6 0.2 91 1.3 0.8 91 10 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.6 6.49 10 550 5123 -2.1 -3.9 87 1.9 -3.0 76 12 321.6 322.7 294.0 338.6 5.21 11 500 5876 -6.2 -8.3 86 2.0 -7.2 62 17 325.4 326.2 294.1 339.1 4.11 12 450 6694 -10.7 -13.5 80 2.8 -11.8 65 18 329.8 330.4 294.3 340.1 3.00 13 400 7591 -16.2 -18.3 84 2.1 -16.9 64 20 333.9 334.3 294.7 341.8 2.25 14 350 8583 -23.1 -23.3 99 0.2 -23.2 64 16 337.6 337.9 295.2 343.7 1.68 15 300 9693 -31.5 -32.4 92 0.8 -31.7 62 12 341.0 341.1 295.3 344.1 0.84 16 250 10953 -42.6 -45.7 72 3.1 -42.8 70 10 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.26 17 200 12425 -53.5 -60.9 40 7.4 -53.7 67 18 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14210 -68.9 -75.1 40 6.2 -68.9 189 3 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 19 100 16556 -76.6 -82.2 40 5.6 -76.6 273 8 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.47 m Freezing level: 578.55 mb = 4725.21 m = 15502.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.14 mb = 4572.52 m = 15001.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.19 % Est. max temperature: 33.78 C = 92.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.49 mb = 543.67 m = 1783.67 ft T: 23.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.57 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.39 mb = 2031.82 m = 6665.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.71 C = 98.08 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 35.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 394.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.41 mb = 1074.43 m = 3525.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.41 mb = 3409.31 m = 11185.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.41 mb = 11813.99 m = 38759.33 ft B at Equ Level: 387.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.41 mb = 14634.22 m = 48011.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.2 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 125.2 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -3.7 tot: 1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1249.94 Bulk Shear: 0.32 m/s