MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 18.65,-68.39 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -68.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 27 30.0 23.2 67 6.8 25.0 129 8 302.5 305.9 298.0 356.2 18.10 1 1000 89 28.8 22.4 68 6.4 24.1 129 9 301.9 305.1 297.3 352.9 17.27 2 950 543 24.6 20.6 78 4.0 21.8 132 10 302.2 305.2 296.7 350.3 16.30 3 900 1016 21.2 18.3 83 2.9 19.2 139 11 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.6 14.89 4 850 1511 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.0 142 12 305.7 308.0 295.0 343.0 12.42 5 800 2030 16.3 11.6 74 4.7 13.3 141 12 308.5 310.5 294.6 341.3 10.81 6 750 2577 13.5 8.4 71 5.1 10.3 136 11 311.2 313.0 294.3 339.7 9.26 7 700 3156 10.3 3.4 62 6.9 6.3 128 10 313.9 315.3 293.3 335.9 7.02 8 650 3769 6.6 -0.5 61 7.0 2.8 118 8 316.4 317.5 292.9 334.5 5.69 9 600 4422 2.5 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.2 104 7 319.0 319.9 292.6 333.3 4.39 10 550 5120 -1.7 -9.6 55 7.9 -5.2 92 7 322.1 322.7 292.6 333.1 3.34 11 500 5872 -6.0 -14.5 51 8.5 -9.3 95 8 325.7 326.2 292.9 334.2 2.49 12 450 6690 -10.9 -22.0 40 11.0 -14.3 100 8 329.5 329.8 293.0 334.7 1.46 13 400 7585 -16.5 -29.4 32 12.9 -19.6 72 6 333.5 333.7 293.4 336.6 0.84 14 350 8574 -23.6 -34.7 35 11.1 -25.6 46 6 336.9 337.1 294.1 339.1 0.57 15 300 9681 -32.2 -41.0 41 8.8 -33.3 35 4 340.1 340.1 294.7 341.4 0.35 16 250 10941 -42.0 -50.1 41 8.2 -42.5 61 1 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.3 0.16 17 200 12412 -53.8 -60.2 45 6.4 -54.0 313 5 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.06 18 150 14198 -68.5 -71.8 62 3.3 -68.5 291 8 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16532 -79.1 -81.7 66 2.6 -79.1 47 12 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.36 m Freezing level: 570.12 mb = 4838.97 m = 15875.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.94 mb = 4221.21 m = 13848.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.44 mb = 886.74 m = 2909.20 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 23.01 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1447.26 m = 4748.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.21 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1192.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.16 mb = 1062.94 m = 3487.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.16 mb = 2688.11 m = 8819.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.16 mb = 13791.22 m = 45246.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1185.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 124.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 154.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8765.29 Bulk Shear: 0.14 m/s