MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-66.89 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -66.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 28.5 23.1 72 5.4 24.5 66 10 301.3 304.6 297.5 354.3 17.99 1 1000 121 28.1 22.1 70 6.0 23.8 68 11 301.3 304.4 296.9 351.3 17.00 2 950 575 24.0 20.6 81 3.4 21.6 71 12 301.6 304.6 296.5 349.6 16.29 3 900 1047 21.4 17.4 78 4.1 18.7 77 9 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.2 14.01 4 850 1542 18.5 14.9 79 3.7 16.1 107 8 305.6 307.9 295.1 343.4 12.62 5 800 2060 16.2 8.2 59 8.0 11.3 116 8 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.5 8.56 6 750 2607 14.0 -2.3 32 16.2 5.6 107 7 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.3 4.31 7 700 3184 10.0 -4.1 37 14.1 3.0 129 6 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.4 4.04 8 650 3796 5.9 -5.9 42 11.8 0.3 141 6 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.8 3.79 9 600 4446 1.7 -7.2 52 8.8 -2.4 151 4 318.1 318.8 291.7 330.2 3.72 10 550 5142 -2.4 -13.0 44 10.6 -6.7 193 3 321.2 321.7 291.6 329.8 2.56 11 500 5892 -6.5 -18.3 39 11.8 -10.6 170 5 325.1 325.5 292.1 331.4 1.81 12 450 6708 -11.3 -23.7 35 12.4 -14.9 197 7 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.5 1.26 13 400 7602 -17.1 -27.2 41 10.0 -19.6 202 9 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.5 1.03 14 350 8590 -23.7 -33.7 39 10.0 -25.6 191 6 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.2 0.63 15 300 9697 -31.8 -47.9 19 16.1 -33.4 147 4 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.17 16 250 10960 -41.6 -52.0 31 10.4 -42.2 30 4 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.12 17 200 12433 -53.6 -62.2 34 8.6 -53.8 180 4 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14220 -68.0 -72.9 49 4.9 -68.0 224 13 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16576 -77.9 -82.0 51 4.1 -77.9 54 11 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.94 m Freezing level: 579.44 mb = 4731.99 m = 15524.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.29 mb = 3854.71 m = 12646.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.61 mb = 773.87 m = 2538.91 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 28.97 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1533.65 m = 5031.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 25.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.13 mb = 1084.44 m = 3557.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.13 mb = 3052.44 m = 10014.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.13 mb = 13048.33 m = 42808.97 ft B at Equ Level: 962.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 113.6 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 143.6 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.7 neg: -2.5 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 104.36 Bulk Shear: 9.29 m/s