MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-69.41 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -69.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 31 25.1 23.0 88 2.1 23.6 111 5 297.3 300.5 296.3 348.7 17.74 1 1000 128 24.9 21.5 82 3.3 22.5 111 7 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.6 16.38 2 950 577 22.0 18.3 79 3.7 19.4 104 7 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.5 14.05 3 900 1046 19.5 15.4 77 4.0 16.8 104 10 301.6 303.9 293.8 338.0 12.35 4 850 1537 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.5 109 14 303.7 305.8 293.7 337.4 11.34 5 800 2052 14.1 11.3 83 2.8 12.3 119 18 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.1 10.60 6 750 2596 11.4 8.5 82 3.0 9.6 115 22 309.0 310.7 293.7 337.4 9.32 7 700 3170 8.1 5.1 82 3.0 6.3 115 26 311.4 312.9 293.3 335.8 7.90 8 650 3779 4.5 3.2 92 1.2 3.8 128 21 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.3 7.44 9 600 4428 0.8 0.7 99 0.1 0.8 154 19 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.4 6.73 10 550 5125 -2.0 -2.1 99 0.2 -2.1 178 17 321.7 322.9 294.6 341.0 5.95 11 500 5878 -5.9 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 186 17 325.8 326.8 294.7 341.6 4.77 12 450 6698 -10.2 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.4 174 16 330.5 331.2 295.1 343.4 3.79 13 400 7597 -15.5 -16.0 96 0.6 -15.7 166 11 334.9 335.5 295.4 344.5 2.74 14 350 8592 -22.4 -22.4 100 0.1 -22.4 156 10 338.6 339.0 295.6 345.2 1.81 15 300 9706 -30.4 -35.3 62 4.9 -31.2 206 6 342.5 342.6 295.5 344.9 0.63 16 250 10974 -41.3 -47.0 54 5.7 -41.8 165 12 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.5 0.22 17 200 12443 -55.0 -56.7 81 1.7 -55.0 170 14 345.7 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.09 18 150 14218 -69.7 -70.1 94 0.4 -69.7 201 10 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 19 100 16560 -77.7 -82.3 47 4.6 -77.7 69 16 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.08 m Freezing level: 585.12 mb = 4635.33 m = 15207.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.39 mb = 4611.73 m = 15130.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.12 mb = 295.12 m = 968.23 ft T: 23.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.24 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1413.58 m = 4637.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.99 C = 87.78 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.18 C K Index: 32.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.34 mb = 928.13 m = 3045.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.34 mb = 2966.58 m = 9732.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 497.34 mb = 5919.81 m = 19421.70 ft B at Equ Level: 76.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 367.34 mb = 8231.97 m = 27007.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.6 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 164.6 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 16.82 m/s