MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 28.24,-71.14 Latitude: 28.24 Longitude: -71.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 27.1 21.1 70 6.0 22.9 63 20 298.8 301.6 295.4 344.5 15.70 1 1000 155 25.3 18.8 67 6.5 20.8 64 23 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.6 13.80 2 950 604 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 65 23 298.6 301.1 294.0 338.5 13.73 3 900 1070 17.0 16.3 96 0.7 16.5 66 20 299.0 301.4 293.6 337.0 13.03 4 850 1557 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 68 13 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.9 11.44 5 800 2068 12.8 10.1 83 2.7 11.1 74 7 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.9 9.72 6 750 2609 11.0 1.2 51 9.8 5.7 49 5 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.7 5.58 7 700 3183 9.4 -6.1 33 15.5 2.1 9 6 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.0 3.46 8 650 3794 5.7 -5.2 45 10.9 0.4 340 6 315.4 316.1 291.2 328.2 3.99 9 600 4444 1.9 -9.1 44 11.0 -3.0 316 9 318.4 319.0 291.4 328.9 3.21 10 550 5141 -1.9 -12.8 43 11.0 -6.3 303 12 321.9 322.4 291.9 330.5 2.59 11 500 5893 -6.2 -16.8 43 10.6 -10.1 295 14 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.5 2.05 12 450 6710 -10.8 -25.6 28 14.8 -14.9 298 18 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.5 1.06 13 400 7604 -17.2 -30.2 31 13.0 -20.1 291 17 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.5 0.78 14 350 8590 -24.2 -29.0 64 4.8 -25.2 295 23 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 1.00 15 300 9697 -31.9 -42.9 33 11.0 -33.1 288 30 340.5 340.5 294.7 341.6 0.29 16 250 10959 -42.0 -53.3 28 11.3 -42.6 287 39 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.1 0.11 17 200 12429 -54.2 -59.7 51 5.5 -54.4 272 39 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14216 -66.4 -72.8 40 6.5 -66.4 286 26 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16602 -75.7 -82.8 32 7.1 -75.7 253 8 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.30 m Freezing level: 574.50 mb = 4799.27 m = 15745.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.05 mb = 3868.20 m = 12690.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.16 mb = 758.04 m = 2486.96 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.71 mb = 1034.43 m = 3393.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 18.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.67 mb = 987.25 m = 3238.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.67 mb = 1129.99 m = 3707.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.67 mb = 1925.35 m = 6316.70 ft B at Equ Level: 8.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 753.67 mb = 2568.29 m = 8426.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 25.2 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 55.2 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 31.35 m/s