MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 13 OCT 25 Station: 19.12,-78.54 Latitude: 19.12 Longitude: -78.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 28.8 22.9 71 5.9 24.5 105 4 301.1 304.3 297.3 353.0 17.65 1 1000 87 28.0 22.1 70 5.9 23.8 105 5 301.2 304.3 296.9 351.1 16.99 2 950 540 23.8 20.9 84 2.9 21.8 103 5 301.3 304.4 296.7 350.3 16.63 3 900 1012 20.7 17.2 81 3.4 18.3 91 4 302.8 305.4 295.3 343.9 13.88 4 850 1505 18.3 13.4 73 4.9 15.1 73 4 305.3 307.4 294.2 339.6 11.45 5 800 2023 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.1 69 4 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.3 9.74 6 750 2568 12.4 7.1 70 5.3 9.2 69 4 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.1 8.48 7 700 3144 9.0 4.1 71 4.9 6.1 47 3 312.4 313.8 293.1 335.3 7.35 8 650 3755 5.5 0.2 69 5.3 2.6 18 3 315.1 316.3 292.8 334.0 5.97 9 600 4405 1.6 -3.2 70 4.8 -0.9 0 3 318.0 318.9 292.8 334.1 5.03 10 550 5102 -1.5 -11.5 46 10.0 -5.7 348 3 322.3 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.88 11 500 5856 -5.2 -12.6 56 7.5 -8.2 8 9 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.6 2.90 12 450 6677 -9.8 -15.9 61 6.0 -12.1 359 14 330.9 331.4 294.2 339.4 2.47 13 400 7576 -15.6 -21.9 58 6.3 -17.5 357 20 334.7 335.1 294.5 340.6 1.65 14 350 8569 -23.4 -28.4 63 5.0 -24.6 354 22 337.2 337.4 294.6 341.0 1.05 15 300 9675 -32.6 -36.3 69 3.7 -33.1 1 21 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.57 16 250 10931 -42.9 -46.2 70 3.3 -43.1 13 29 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12397 -54.2 -56.8 73 2.6 -54.3 10 30 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.3 0.09 18 150 14181 -68.6 -70.5 75 2.0 -68.6 360 16 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 19 100 16539 -76.9 -81.7 46 4.8 -76.9 358 15 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.42 m Freezing level: 574.50 mb = 4760.82 m = 15619.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.43 mb = 4238.67 m = 13906.22 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.28 mb = 751.28 m = 2464.78 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 19.06 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1306.91 m = 4287.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.44 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 31.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1063.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.24 mb = 961.06 m = 3153.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.24 mb = 2126.71 m = 6977.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.24 mb = 13396.12 m = 43949.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1058.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 44.2 at 4.2 knts Storm direction: 74.2 at 3.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 0.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -1.2 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 403.53 Bulk Shear: 2.64 m/s