MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-69.8 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -69.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 31 24.7 21.7 84 3.0 22.6 346 12 297.5 300.5 295.6 345.3 16.49 1 1000 64 24.5 21.0 81 3.5 22.1 346 14 297.7 300.6 295.2 343.7 15.86 2 950 514 22.8 19.2 80 3.6 20.3 349 26 300.3 303.1 295.3 344.1 14.94 3 900 984 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 356 26 301.7 304.3 295.1 343.1 14.05 4 850 1475 17.1 14.9 87 2.2 15.6 359 25 304.0 306.4 294.7 341.6 12.63 5 800 1992 15.3 11.3 77 4.0 12.7 3 22 307.4 309.4 294.1 339.3 10.54 6 750 2538 12.6 8.0 73 4.6 9.8 3 20 310.3 312.0 293.8 338.0 9.02 7 700 3115 9.7 3.8 66 6.0 6.3 1 18 313.3 314.6 293.2 335.7 7.18 8 650 3727 6.5 -0.8 59 7.4 2.6 359 16 316.4 317.4 292.8 334.0 5.54 9 600 4380 2.7 -5.0 57 7.7 -1.1 359 15 319.2 320.1 292.7 333.5 4.41 10 550 5079 -1.3 -10.2 51 8.9 -5.2 349 17 322.5 323.2 292.6 333.2 3.20 11 500 5833 -5.5 -17.9 37 12.4 -9.9 348 19 326.4 326.8 292.5 332.9 1.87 12 450 6652 -10.5 -21.1 41 10.6 -13.9 336 17 330.0 330.4 293.2 335.6 1.58 13 400 7550 -14.8 -30.8 24 16.0 -18.6 320 17 335.7 335.9 293.9 338.5 0.74 14 350 8548 -21.3 -39.8 17 18.5 -24.4 335 24 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.34 15 300 9664 -30.6 -45.0 23 14.4 -32.2 322 18 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.2 0.23 16 250 10933 -40.5 -54.6 21 14.1 -41.3 281 35 345.8 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 17 200 12416 -52.2 -67.0 15 14.8 -52.5 264 40 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14212 -67.2 -69.9 68 2.7 -67.2 213 19 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.02 19 100 16546 -81.5 -83.6 71 2.0 -81.5 241 10 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.92 m Freezing level: 566.20 mb = 4852.66 m = 15920.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.81 mb = 4181.26 m = 13717.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.48 mb = 408.53 m = 1340.30 ft T: 23.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 11.23 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1326.26 m = 4351.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 31.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.89 mb = 898.31 m = 2947.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.89 mb = 4598.79 m = 15087.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.89 mb = 6929.57 m = 22734.54 ft B at Equ Level: 36.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.89 mb = 8054.59 m = 26425.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.0 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 26.0 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.6 neg: -7.6 tot: 42.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 34.13 Bulk Shear: 1.09 m/s