MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F078.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F078.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 78 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-68.31 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -68.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 27.5 23.5 79 4.0 24.6 79 8 299.6 303.0 297.3 353.2 18.30 1 1000 136 26.5 22.2 77 4.3 23.5 78 11 299.7 302.8 296.6 349.8 17.14 2 950 587 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.4 79 15 300.4 303.4 296.4 348.8 16.50 3 900 1058 20.8 15.2 70 5.6 17.0 87 13 302.9 305.2 294.0 338.9 12.15 4 850 1551 18.7 10.8 60 7.9 13.7 98 13 305.7 307.5 293.0 334.7 9.62 5 800 2070 16.7 2.0 37 14.7 8.5 97 13 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.0 5.52 6 750 2616 13.5 -2.7 32 16.2 5.2 94 11 311.2 312.0 290.1 324.4 4.18 7 700 3192 9.5 -5.3 35 14.9 2.4 92 10 313.1 313.8 290.2 324.8 3.67 8 650 3802 5.3 -5.4 46 10.7 0.1 102 8 315.0 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.93 9 600 4451 1.0 -6.3 58 7.3 -2.4 123 6 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.2 3.99 10 550 5146 -2.8 -10.9 54 8.1 -6.2 162 2 320.8 321.4 291.9 330.8 3.03 11 500 5896 -6.8 -13.2 60 6.4 -9.4 264 1 324.8 325.3 292.8 334.1 2.76 12 450 6712 -11.2 -20.1 48 8.9 -14.1 102 1 329.1 329.5 293.1 335.1 1.72 13 400 7606 -16.9 -26.9 42 9.9 -19.4 57 3 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.8 1.06 14 350 8594 -24.0 -29.5 60 5.6 -25.2 29 7 336.5 336.7 294.3 340.0 0.95 15 300 9701 -31.8 -38.8 50 7.0 -32.7 352 7 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.3 0.44 16 250 10964 -41.6 -47.9 50 6.3 -42.1 8 8 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.0 0.20 17 200 12436 -53.8 -58.1 59 4.3 -53.9 347 11 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.9 0.08 18 150 14220 -68.6 -69.3 90 0.7 -68.6 12 3 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16570 -79.2 -81.9 64 2.7 -79.3 28 6 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.45 m Freezing level: 586.30 mb = 4641.60 m = 15228.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.28 mb = 3836.33 m = 12586.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.96 C = 91.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.96 mb = 541.59 m = 1776.86 ft T: 23.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 28.77 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1559.22 m = 5115.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.68 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.59 C K Index: 21.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.07 mb = 903.98 m = 2965.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.07 mb = 3061.36 m = 10043.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.07 mb = 12401.10 m = 40685.52 ft B at Equ Level: 804.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.07 mb = 15961.64 m = 52366.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 95.9 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 125.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -4.6 tot: 12.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 306.00 Bulk Shear: 2.63 m/s