MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-77.36 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -77.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 997 109 27.2 23.2 79 4.0 24.3 61 9 300.6 303.9 297.5 354.1 18.21 2 950 538 23.3 21.2 88 2.1 21.8 59 12 300.8 303.9 296.8 350.6 16.92 3 900 1009 19.8 19.2 97 0.6 19.4 63 15 301.9 304.8 296.3 348.5 15.80 4 850 1501 18.3 15.2 82 3.1 16.2 64 17 305.4 307.8 295.3 343.9 12.89 5 800 2021 16.7 10.3 66 6.4 12.6 63 15 309.0 310.8 294.1 339.1 9.88 6 750 2569 14.3 5.1 54 9.2 8.8 61 11 312.1 313.5 293.0 334.9 7.35 7 700 3149 10.8 3.2 60 7.5 6.4 67 10 314.4 315.7 293.3 336.1 6.91 8 650 3763 7.0 1.4 68 5.5 3.8 78 10 316.8 318.1 293.7 337.6 6.54 9 600 4417 3.3 -3.0 63 6.3 0.0 80 10 319.9 320.9 293.4 336.5 5.12 10 550 5118 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.2 -4.4 71 9 323.3 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.54 11 500 5873 -4.6 -16.4 39 11.8 -9.1 44 8 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.7 2.11 12 450 6696 -8.6 -28.9 18 20.4 -14.0 46 15 332.5 332.6 293.2 335.3 0.78 13 400 7599 -14.1 -39.0 10 24.9 -18.9 46 17 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.9 0.33 14 350 8598 -21.5 -47.1 8 25.6 -24.9 35 13 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.16 15 300 9714 -30.3 -44.2 24 13.9 -32.0 358 8 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.25 16 250 10982 -40.5 -44.8 63 4.3 -40.8 305 22 345.9 345.9 296.0 347.0 0.28 17 200 12461 -52.5 -62.8 28 10.2 -52.8 294 20 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14255 -67.6 -71.5 57 3.9 -67.7 186 12 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16585 -80.8 -83.8 61 3.0 -80.8 15 7 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.17 m Freezing level: 558.70 mb = 4995.76 m = 16390.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.45 mb = 4424.25 m = 14515.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.02 mb = 620.54 m = 2035.86 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 914.67 m = 3000.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.01 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 599.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.36 mb = 832.76 m = 2732.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.36 mb = 976.16 m = 3202.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.36 mb = 1169.52 m = 3836.97 ft B at Equ Level: 5.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 833.36 mb = 1670.85 m = 5481.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 65.4 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 95.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -10.1 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3484.40 Bulk Shear: 0.17 m/s