MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 28.17,-80.67 Latitude: 28.17 Longitude: -80.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 9 25.3 20.9 77 4.4 22.2 125 6 297.1 299.9 294.8 341.9 15.49 1 1000 145 25.8 18.7 65 7.1 20.9 137 5 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.9 13.71 2 950 596 23.1 15.4 62 7.7 17.9 261 5 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.66 3 900 1065 19.0 14.2 74 4.8 15.8 265 9 301.1 303.1 292.9 334.5 11.36 4 850 1553 14.8 12.8 88 2.0 13.5 268 12 301.7 303.7 292.8 334.1 10.98 5 800 2064 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.1 287 14 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.96 6 750 2604 9.8 5.6 75 4.3 7.3 294 17 307.2 308.7 291.8 330.4 7.60 7 700 3175 7.1 0.4 62 6.7 3.5 286 16 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.63 8 650 3781 3.7 -0.4 74 4.2 1.5 274 17 313.2 314.3 292.0 331.1 5.72 9 600 4427 -0.2 -3.1 81 2.9 -1.6 260 19 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.1 5.08 10 550 5120 -3.6 -16.1 37 12.5 -8.2 248 23 319.8 320.2 290.7 326.4 1.97 11 500 5866 -8.0 -21.8 32 13.8 -12.3 245 29 323.3 323.5 291.1 327.9 1.33 12 450 6677 -13.2 -18.3 66 5.1 -14.9 253 32 326.7 327.1 292.7 333.6 2.02 13 400 7565 -18.5 -20.8 82 2.3 -19.2 255 34 330.9 331.3 293.6 337.3 1.82 14 350 8548 -25.0 -29.3 67 4.4 -25.9 253 33 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.6 0.96 15 300 9651 -32.9 -33.2 96 0.4 -32.9 269 31 339.1 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.77 16 250 10905 -43.4 -44.4 90 1.0 -43.5 266 28 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.7 0.29 17 200 12367 -53.9 -60.2 46 6.3 -54.1 246 40 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.06 18 150 14165 -65.8 -75.3 25 9.5 -65.8 257 33 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16573 -72.9 -82.9 21 10.0 -73.0 259 15 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.81 m Freezing level: 602.41 mb = 4396.13 m = 14422.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.61 mb = 4089.85 m = 13417.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.29 mb = 565.52 m = 1855.36 ft T: 23.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1549.34 m = 5083.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 28.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.48 mb = 1330.17 m = 4364.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.48 mb = 4065.80 m = 13339.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.48 mb = 5012.04 m = 16443.50 ft B at Equ Level: 15.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 417.48 mb = 7242.14 m = 23760.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 294.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 41.64 m/s