MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-67.6 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -67.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 28.8 23.6 74 5.2 25.0 72 9 300.7 304.1 297.7 354.8 18.41 1 1000 132 27.5 22.3 73 5.2 23.8 73 9 300.6 303.8 296.9 351.1 17.19 2 950 585 23.3 21.2 88 2.1 21.8 78 9 300.8 303.9 296.7 350.5 16.93 3 900 1056 20.6 17.9 85 2.7 18.7 102 9 302.7 305.4 295.7 345.7 14.50 4 850 1550 18.5 12.9 70 5.6 14.8 125 9 305.6 307.6 294.0 338.9 11.10 5 800 2068 16.2 8.4 60 7.8 11.4 139 8 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.9 8.68 6 750 2615 13.1 4.4 56 8.6 8.0 146 7 310.8 312.1 292.4 332.5 7.03 7 700 3191 9.6 -0.4 50 10.0 4.2 153 6 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.8 5.31 8 650 3802 5.5 -4.3 49 9.8 0.7 168 6 315.2 316.0 291.4 328.9 4.27 9 600 4452 1.4 -6.9 54 8.3 -2.4 175 5 317.8 318.5 291.7 330.1 3.81 10 550 5147 -2.7 -10.1 57 7.4 -5.9 198 5 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.22 11 500 5897 -6.8 -10.6 75 3.8 -8.4 196 5 324.7 325.4 293.3 336.1 3.41 12 450 6713 -11.1 -16.5 64 5.4 -13.0 135 4 329.3 329.8 293.7 337.4 2.35 13 400 7609 -16.5 -23.8 53 7.3 -18.6 117 5 333.5 333.8 294.0 338.5 1.39 14 350 8599 -23.4 -31.0 50 7.5 -25.0 111 5 337.2 337.3 294.4 340.3 0.83 15 300 9708 -31.3 -38.8 48 7.5 -32.3 176 1 341.2 341.3 295.0 343.0 0.44 16 250 10971 -41.6 -44.2 76 2.5 -41.9 198 3 344.2 344.2 295.6 345.4 0.30 17 200 12444 -53.4 -57.3 63 3.8 -53.6 251 4 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14231 -68.2 -72.2 56 4.0 -68.2 226 13 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 19 100 16591 -78.8 -82.3 57 3.5 -78.8 124 4 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.84 m Freezing level: 582.79 mb = 4691.03 m = 15390.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.30 mb = 3936.70 m = 12915.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.81 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.58 mb = 662.67 m = 2174.08 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 25.97 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1207.48 m = 3961.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: 0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 28.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1164.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.46 mb = 879.32 m = 2884.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.46 mb = 2464.07 m = 8084.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.46 mb = 13328.45 m = 43727.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1161.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.6 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 170.6 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 107.95 Bulk Shear: 10.78 m/s