MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 25.42,-86.32 Latitude: 25.42 Longitude: -86.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 27.1 21.6 72 5.5 23.2 94 16 299.3 302.3 296.0 346.9 16.32 1 1000 98 25.9 19.8 69 6.1 21.6 94 18 299.1 301.7 294.8 342.0 14.72 2 950 548 21.6 18.9 84 2.8 19.7 95 18 299.1 301.8 294.7 341.6 14.58 3 900 1015 17.8 17.0 95 0.8 17.2 100 17 299.8 302.3 294.3 339.8 13.66 4 850 1504 15.5 13.6 88 1.9 14.3 108 15 302.4 304.6 293.5 336.8 11.62 5 800 2017 13.4 11.5 88 1.9 12.1 100 13 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.5 10.71 6 750 2560 10.7 8.1 84 2.6 9.1 91 9 308.2 309.9 293.3 335.8 9.09 7 700 3132 9.5 -3.2 41 12.7 3.1 72 11 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.7 4.32 8 650 3746 7.8 -14.8 18 22.5 -1.3 73 7 317.8 318.1 290.0 324.0 1.87 9 600 4401 4.4 -27.5 8 31.9 -5.3 118 3 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.6 0.67 10 550 5102 -0.3 -33.7 6 33.4 -8.7 140 5 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.40 11 500 5856 -5.5 -40.3 5 34.8 -12.6 152 4 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.23 12 450 6672 -11.4 -42.1 6 30.8 -16.9 184 9 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 13 400 7566 -16.0 -44.6 7 28.7 -20.4 218 13 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.18 14 350 8561 -21.9 -55.4 3 33.4 -25.4 239 17 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 15 300 9674 -31.0 -58.3 5 27.3 -33.0 257 17 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.8 0.05 16 250 10939 -41.6 -48.9 45 7.3 -42.1 269 15 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.18 17 200 12413 -53.6 -62.0 35 8.4 -53.8 284 17 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 18 150 14198 -67.6 -71.8 55 4.2 -67.7 271 14 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16562 -78.2 -82.7 48 4.4 -78.3 277 4 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.37 m Freezing level: 552.82 mb = 5061.99 m = 16607.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.64 mb = 3561.38 m = 11684.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.24 mb = 692.63 m = 2272.37 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 981.59 m = 3220.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 2.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 22.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.27 mb = 907.77 m = 2978.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.27 mb = 1146.65 m = 3761.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.27 mb = 2712.97 m = 8900.71 ft B at Equ Level: 6.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 706.27 mb = 3058.43 m = 10034.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 98.3 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 128.3 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -13.0 tot: -2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 8.09 m/s