MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.92,-67.13 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -67.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 12 28.9 24.1 76 4.8 25.4 90 15 300.8 304.3 298.0 356.7 18.99 1 1000 138 27.5 22.6 74 4.9 23.9 91 17 300.7 303.9 297.1 352.1 17.50 2 950 591 23.3 21.4 89 1.9 22.0 94 18 300.8 304.0 296.9 351.3 17.18 3 900 1062 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.5 102 18 302.5 305.1 295.5 344.9 14.36 4 850 1555 18.5 12.5 68 6.0 14.6 106 17 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.8 10.77 5 800 2074 16.3 6.0 51 10.2 10.2 108 15 308.5 309.9 292.0 331.1 7.37 6 750 2620 13.3 0.5 41 12.8 6.3 109 12 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.5 5.28 7 700 3196 9.5 -3.3 41 12.7 3.1 111 11 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.6 4.29 8 650 3806 5.4 -6.0 44 11.4 0.0 118 9 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.2 3.76 9 600 4455 1.4 -9.8 43 11.3 -3.5 148 6 317.8 318.3 291.0 327.6 3.02 10 550 5151 -2.3 -14.7 38 12.4 -7.1 209 6 321.3 321.7 291.4 328.8 2.22 11 500 5901 -6.3 -21.6 29 15.2 -11.2 214 5 325.3 325.6 291.7 330.1 1.36 12 450 6718 -11.0 -24.7 31 13.7 -14.9 223 5 329.4 329.7 292.7 333.5 1.15 13 400 7613 -16.4 -28.8 33 12.4 -19.4 255 2 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.0 0.89 14 350 8604 -23.3 -31.1 49 7.8 -24.9 59 1 337.4 337.5 294.4 340.4 0.81 15 300 9712 -31.7 -41.6 37 9.9 -32.9 313 2 340.7 340.7 294.8 342.0 0.33 16 250 10974 -41.9 -49.2 45 7.4 -42.3 247 3 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.5 0.17 17 200 12446 -53.8 -61.0 41 7.3 -53.9 257 8 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14229 -68.7 -70.6 76 1.9 -68.7 247 12 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 19 100 16581 -78.5 -83.0 48 4.5 -78.5 333 11 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.96 m Freezing level: 581.13 mb = 4717.59 m = 15477.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3809.41 m = 12497.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.05 mb = 618.00 m = 2027.54 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 30.12 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 1040.96 m = 3415.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.50 C = 86.90 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.45 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 24.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1318.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.13 mb = 859.67 m = 2820.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.13 mb = 2550.72 m = 8368.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.13 mb = 13981.12 m = 45869.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 144.2 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -4.9 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 153.75 Bulk Shear: 8.58 m/s