MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 18.72,-73.35 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -73.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 75 27.7 22.7 74 5.0 24.1 356 6 300.5 303.8 297.1 352.2 17.60 1 1000 110 27.1 22.1 74 5.0 23.5 356 6 300.2 303.3 296.6 349.9 16.96 2 950 562 23.1 20.6 86 2.5 21.3 5 6 300.6 303.6 296.3 348.4 16.27 3 900 1032 20.2 17.8 86 2.4 18.5 39 5 302.4 305.0 295.5 344.9 14.40 4 850 1525 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.8 80 6 304.9 307.2 294.9 342.4 12.57 5 800 2043 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.7 126 5 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.4 10.35 6 750 2590 13.4 7.4 67 6.0 9.7 160 7 311.1 312.7 293.7 337.7 8.62 7 700 3168 10.4 3.9 64 6.5 6.6 182 8 314.0 315.4 293.5 336.7 7.26 8 650 3782 6.8 1.1 67 5.7 3.7 198 8 316.7 317.9 293.6 337.0 6.40 9 600 4436 2.9 -1.8 71 4.7 0.4 216 6 319.4 320.5 293.7 337.4 5.59 10 550 5136 -0.9 -9.1 54 8.2 -4.6 256 4 323.1 323.7 293.0 334.6 3.49 11 500 5891 -4.8 -19.3 31 14.5 -9.8 291 1 327.2 327.5 292.5 333.0 1.66 12 450 6712 -9.8 -24.3 30 14.5 -14.1 44 2 330.9 331.1 293.1 335.1 1.19 13 400 7610 -15.9 -25.8 42 9.9 -18.6 296 1 334.3 334.5 294.0 338.5 1.17 14 350 8601 -23.0 -27.8 65 4.8 -24.2 204 4 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.8 1.11 15 300 9711 -31.5 -34.6 74 3.1 -32.0 204 9 340.9 341.1 295.1 343.5 0.67 16 250 10973 -41.7 -45.9 64 4.2 -42.1 206 17 344.0 344.1 295.5 345.0 0.25 17 200 12445 -53.9 -54.2 97 0.3 -53.9 220 21 347.4 347.4 296.2 347.9 0.12 18 150 14230 -68.3 -70.2 76 2.0 -68.3 199 30 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16572 -80.4 -85.5 42 5.1 -80.4 226 10 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.02 m Freezing level: 561.56 mb = 4973.77 m = 16317.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.23 mb = 4486.35 m = 14718.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.00 mb = 709.42 m = 2327.46 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1271.23 m = 4170.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 530.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.98 mb = 936.19 m = 3071.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.98 mb = 3469.65 m = 11383.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.98 mb = 12602.71 m = 41346.96 ft B at Equ Level: 528.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.98 mb = 15765.29 m = 51722.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.7 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 208.7 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 30.36 Bulk Shear: 17.46 m/s