MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.65,-67.28 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -67.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 30 27.8 23.0 75 4.7 24.3 108 7 299.8 303.1 297.0 351.8 17.75 1 1000 139 26.6 22.0 76 4.5 23.3 108 7 299.7 302.8 296.5 349.2 16.92 2 950 590 23.4 20.0 81 3.4 21.0 111 8 301.0 303.8 296.0 347.1 15.71 3 900 1062 21.0 16.8 77 4.2 18.1 122 10 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.1 13.48 4 850 1556 18.5 13.6 73 4.9 15.3 123 11 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.3 11.60 5 800 2074 16.0 9.3 64 6.7 11.8 125 9 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.3 9.23 6 750 2620 13.0 5.5 60 7.5 8.6 132 8 310.7 312.1 292.8 334.1 7.58 7 700 3197 9.3 2.2 61 7.1 5.4 142 7 312.8 314.0 292.5 332.9 6.43 8 650 3808 5.3 -1.8 60 7.1 1.6 152 7 315.0 315.9 292.1 331.3 5.16 9 600 4457 1.0 -5.5 62 6.6 -2.1 165 6 317.3 318.1 292.0 330.9 4.22 10 550 5151 -3.2 -11.3 54 8.1 -6.6 185 6 320.2 320.8 291.7 329.9 2.93 11 500 5899 -7.4 -13.1 64 5.7 -9.6 230 4 324.0 324.6 292.6 333.4 2.79 12 450 6714 -11.4 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.2 4 3 328.9 329.3 293.6 337.0 2.37 13 400 7608 -17.0 -23.0 60 6.0 -18.8 49 2 332.8 333.1 293.9 338.2 1.50 14 350 8596 -23.8 -30.7 53 6.9 -25.2 77 2 336.7 336.8 294.3 339.8 0.84 15 300 9703 -32.0 -40.6 42 8.6 -33.1 330 2 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.7 0.37 16 250 10963 -42.1 -44.8 75 2.7 -42.3 318 4 343.5 343.6 295.4 344.7 0.28 17 200 12435 -53.6 -58.3 56 4.7 -53.8 325 2 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.07 18 150 14220 -68.3 -70.3 75 2.0 -68.3 233 13 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 19 100 16574 -79.0 -82.4 57 3.4 -79.0 354 12 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.47 m Freezing level: 588.05 mb = 4622.59 m = 15165.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.47 mb = 4080.63 m = 13387.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.30 mb = 633.74 m = 2079.18 ft T: 23.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 21.88 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1575.25 m = 5168.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 813.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.30 mb = 981.91 m = 3221.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.30 mb = 2923.43 m = 9591.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.30 mb = 12327.00 m = 40442.43 ft B at Equ Level: 808.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.30 mb = 15848.99 m = 51997.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.4 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 170.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 388.73 Bulk Shear: 2.09 m/s