MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 22.97,-70.75 Latitude: 22.97 Longitude: -70.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 26.1 23.2 84 2.9 24.0 100 17 297.9 301.1 296.6 349.9 17.92 1 1000 144 24.3 21.8 86 2.5 22.5 101 19 297.5 300.5 295.7 345.8 16.66 2 950 592 20.5 20.2 98 0.3 20.3 107 18 298.0 300.8 295.3 344.0 15.85 3 900 1060 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 124 13 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.4 13.61 4 850 1551 16.8 14.3 85 2.4 15.1 135 3 303.7 306.0 294.3 339.9 12.16 5 800 2067 14.1 11.7 85 2.5 12.5 218 6 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.8 10.83 6 750 2610 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 217 10 308.9 310.7 294.0 338.7 9.81 7 700 3185 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.5 225 18 311.6 313.3 294.2 339.4 9.04 8 650 3795 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 235 22 314.7 316.2 294.3 339.9 8.05 9 600 4445 0.7 0.7 100 0.0 0.7 240 26 316.9 318.2 293.9 338.2 6.71 10 550 5141 -2.1 -2.3 99 0.2 -2.2 258 22 321.6 322.7 294.5 340.7 5.90 11 500 5895 -5.7 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.9 255 20 326.1 327.1 294.8 342.2 4.86 12 450 6715 -9.8 -10.4 96 0.5 -10.1 249 19 330.9 331.6 295.3 344.0 3.86 13 400 7616 -14.9 -15.8 93 0.9 -15.2 245 19 335.6 336.2 295.6 345.4 2.79 14 350 8613 -21.9 -22.4 95 0.6 -22.0 243 16 339.3 339.6 295.7 345.8 1.81 15 300 9728 -30.7 -30.7 100 0.0 -30.7 220 19 342.1 342.3 295.7 345.9 0.99 16 250 10994 -41.3 -41.6 97 0.3 -41.3 237 24 344.6 344.7 295.8 346.2 0.40 17 200 12464 -54.8 -58.4 64 3.6 -54.9 251 26 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14243 -68.4 -72.8 53 4.4 -68.4 282 47 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16590 -82.0 -83.3 80 1.3 -82.0 287 14 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.83 m Freezing level: 587.56 mb = 4618.14 m = 15151.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.43 mb = 4600.63 m = 15093.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.29 mb = 362.57 m = 1189.54 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.25 mb = 764.64 m = 2508.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.47 C = 81.44 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.57 mb = 632.52 m = 2075.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.57 mb = 2060.74 m = 6760.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.57 mb = 6877.40 m = 22563.37 ft B at Equ Level: 179.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.57 mb = 12762.68 m = 41871.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: -16.8 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 125.14 m/s