MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 18.72,-70.59 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -70.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 86 1 950 526 SFC 925 755 20.0 19.8 98 0.2 19.9 107 2 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.2 15.88 3 900 992 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 110 7 301.1 303.9 295.7 345.9 15.27 4 850 1483 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 118 12 303.7 306.3 295.7 345.8 14.16 5 800 1999 14.4 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 127 17 306.5 308.9 295.6 345.1 12.85 6 750 2543 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 128 18 309.5 311.7 295.3 344.1 11.37 7 700 3120 9.4 8.5 94 0.9 8.9 124 17 312.9 314.8 295.3 343.9 10.00 8 650 3732 6.4 5.3 93 1.1 5.8 118 16 316.2 317.9 295.1 343.4 8.65 9 600 4386 2.9 1.9 93 1.0 2.4 102 15 319.5 320.9 295.0 343.0 7.35 10 550 5087 -0.7 -1.4 95 0.7 -1.1 94 14 323.2 324.4 295.2 343.6 6.28 11 500 5844 -4.3 -5.6 91 1.3 -5.0 97 10 327.8 328.8 295.4 344.6 5.04 12 450 6667 -8.9 -11.0 85 2.1 -9.9 61 7 332.0 332.7 295.4 344.5 3.66 13 400 7570 -14.1 -16.3 83 2.2 -14.9 354 6 336.7 337.2 295.8 346.2 2.68 14 350 8572 -20.1 -22.8 79 2.7 -20.9 288 3 341.6 342.0 296.2 348.0 1.75 15 300 9694 -29.0 -32.1 74 3.2 -29.6 315 14 344.5 344.7 296.1 347.8 0.86 16 250 10969 -39.3 -39.6 97 0.3 -39.3 263 9 347.7 347.8 296.5 349.6 0.49 17 200 12456 -52.2 -52.2 100 0.0 -52.2 184 12 350.2 350.2 296.8 350.8 0.15 18 150 14246 -68.6 -69.3 91 0.7 -68.6 204 16 351.9 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16568 -80.6 -83.9 57 3.3 -80.6 286 16 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.08 m Freezing level: 560.15 mb = 4944.50 m = 16221.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 565.82 mb = 4858.50 m = 15939.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.03 mb = 783.82 m = 2571.56 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.24 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1303.09 m = 4275.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.23 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.95 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.98 mb = 1263.54 m = 4145.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.98 mb = 1614.04 m = 5295.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.98 mb = 5733.59 m = 18810.76 ft B at Equ Level: 49.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 376.98 mb = 8014.86 m = 26295.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.9 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 140.9 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -8.1 tot: 13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 6.25 m/s