MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-67.28 Latitude: 18.31 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 1001 38 28.1 24.1 79 3.9 25.2 290 17 301.1 304.7 298.2 357.9 19.24 1 1000 48 27.8 23.1 76 4.6 24.4 291 18 300.9 304.2 297.5 354.2 18.11 2 950 501 23.4 21.4 88 2.0 22.0 293 22 301.0 304.1 297.0 351.4 17.15 3 900 972 20.2 18.9 92 1.3 19.2 296 24 302.3 305.1 296.1 347.8 15.42 4 850 1465 18.5 14.6 78 3.9 15.8 291 26 305.5 307.8 294.9 342.5 12.35 5 800 1984 16.6 10.4 67 6.1 12.6 281 26 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.2 9.98 6 750 2532 13.6 7.0 64 6.6 9.6 276 27 311.4 313.0 293.7 337.4 8.43 7 700 3110 10.5 2.6 58 7.9 6.0 278 25 314.1 315.3 293.0 334.8 6.61 8 650 3724 7.4 -4.5 43 11.9 1.4 283 24 317.3 318.1 292.0 330.9 4.21 9 600 4379 4.3 -12.2 29 16.4 -2.7 286 24 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.51 10 550 5082 0.7 -17.0 25 17.7 -6.0 283 24 324.9 325.3 292.0 331.2 1.83 11 500 5840 -4.1 -22.9 22 18.8 -10.2 284 23 328.0 328.2 292.3 332.3 1.21 12 450 6662 -9.7 -24.6 29 14.9 -14.1 295 25 331.0 331.2 293.1 335.2 1.16 13 400 7560 -15.8 -28.6 32 12.8 -19.0 299 29 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.7 0.90 14 350 8555 -21.5 -35.7 26 14.3 -24.1 299 25 339.8 339.9 294.8 341.8 0.52 15 300 9673 -29.3 -46.6 17 17.2 -31.3 287 26 344.0 344.1 295.5 344.8 0.19 16 250 10948 -39.5 -61.1 8 21.6 -40.5 289 34 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 17 200 12433 -51.9 -64.3 21 12.3 -52.2 285 28 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.03 18 150 14233 -66.6 -69.7 65 3.1 -66.7 224 23 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16578 -83.8 -86.1 67 2.3 -83.8 87 25 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.36 m Freezing level: 542.94 mb = 5189.23 m = 17024.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.86 mb = 3942.86 m = 12935.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.97 mb = 537.73 m = 1764.17 ft T: 23.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 28.41 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.88 mb = 924.50 m = 3033.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.63 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 29.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 564.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.66 mb = 811.83 m = 2663.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.66 mb = 2739.48 m = 8987.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.66 mb = 12699.37 m = 41664.10 ft B at Equ Level: 558.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.66 mb = 15940.11 m = 52296.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.6 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 314.6 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.7 neg: -19.4 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 163.55 Bulk Shear: 3.45 m/s