MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 18.51,-67.91 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -67.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 28.6 23.5 74 5.0 24.9 87 17 300.5 303.9 297.5 354.3 18.32 1 1000 125 27.2 21.8 72 5.5 23.3 86 20 300.4 303.4 296.4 349.1 16.62 2 950 577 23.0 20.7 87 2.3 21.3 86 20 300.5 303.5 296.3 348.6 16.40 3 900 1047 20.6 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 92 21 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.6 12.13 4 850 1539 18.1 9.8 58 8.3 12.9 100 18 305.1 306.8 292.3 332.0 8.95 5 800 2057 15.8 2.7 41 13.1 8.5 100 17 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.8 5.81 6 750 2601 12.9 -2.5 34 15.3 5.1 95 16 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.9 4.26 7 700 3177 9.3 -2.0 45 11.3 3.4 90 16 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.6 4.71 8 650 3787 5.5 -1.7 60 7.2 1.7 91 13 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.6 5.19 9 600 4438 1.9 -4.7 61 6.7 -1.3 98 9 318.3 319.2 292.5 332.8 4.49 10 550 5135 -1.9 -8.6 60 6.6 -4.9 102 7 321.8 322.5 292.7 333.8 3.64 11 500 5888 -5.7 -16.0 44 10.3 -9.6 130 5 326.0 326.5 292.7 333.5 2.19 12 450 6706 -10.5 -21.2 41 10.7 -13.9 128 4 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.56 13 400 7602 -16.2 -22.6 58 6.4 -18.1 105 4 333.9 334.2 294.2 339.5 1.56 14 350 8594 -22.9 -31.6 45 8.8 -24.6 57 5 337.9 338.1 294.5 340.9 0.77 15 300 9705 -31.3 -41.0 38 9.7 -32.5 147 3 341.3 341.3 295.0 342.7 0.35 16 250 10968 -41.7 -43.8 80 2.1 -41.8 22 4 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.4 0.31 17 200 12440 -54.0 -56.9 70 3.0 -54.1 325 13 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.7 0.09 18 150 14224 -68.9 -70.7 77 1.8 -68.9 331 14 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 19 100 16568 -78.3 -81.9 56 3.5 -78.3 344 9 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.05 m Freezing level: 574.91 mb = 4787.52 m = 15706.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.79 mb = 4147.68 m = 13607.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.94 % Est. max temperature: 32.48 C = 90.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.35 mb = 637.81 m = 2092.53 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 30.39 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1390.30 m = 4561.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 15.49 C K Index: 22.28 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 603.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.28 mb = 938.70 m = 3079.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.28 mb = 2869.37 m = 9413.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.28 mb = 12556.29 m = 41194.69 ft B at Equ Level: 601.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.28 mb = 15696.46 m = 51496.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.9 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 124.9 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.8 neg: -7.6 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 121.48 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s