MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-69.65 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -69.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 996 35 26.2 25.1 94 1.1 25.4 186 26 299.7 303.5 298.7 360.1 20.58 2 950 453 23.2 22.9 98 0.3 23.0 191 51 300.7 304.2 297.9 356.0 18.80 3 900 924 20.8 20.1 96 0.7 20.3 204 59 302.9 306.0 297.1 352.4 16.69 4 850 1419 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 207 57 305.2 308.0 296.5 349.3 14.72 5 800 1938 15.5 14.4 93 1.1 14.7 207 58 307.7 310.1 296.0 346.9 12.99 6 750 2484 12.5 11.4 93 1.1 11.8 206 60 310.2 312.3 295.5 345.0 11.40 7 700 3061 9.4 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 206 61 312.9 314.8 295.2 343.7 9.97 8 650 3674 6.1 5.2 94 0.9 5.6 208 61 315.9 317.5 295.0 342.8 8.57 9 600 4327 2.4 1.9 96 0.5 2.1 209 60 318.9 320.4 294.8 342.3 7.33 10 550 5028 -0.6 -1.2 95 0.6 -0.9 212 60 323.4 324.7 295.3 344.2 6.38 11 500 5787 -3.4 -4.2 95 0.7 -3.8 213 54 328.9 330.0 296.1 347.6 5.63 12 450 6616 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 219 46 334.0 335.0 296.6 349.8 4.62 13 400 7526 -12.0 -12.4 96 0.5 -12.2 232 39 339.4 340.2 297.1 352.4 3.69 14 350 8537 -18.0 -18.0 100 0.0 -18.0 234 28 344.5 345.1 297.5 354.2 2.65 15 300 9671 -25.9 -26.0 99 0.1 -25.9 233 22 348.9 349.2 297.6 354.6 1.53 16 250 10965 -36.1 -36.2 99 0.1 -36.1 226 21 352.4 352.6 297.7 355.2 0.70 17 200 12471 -49.1 -50.1 89 1.0 -49.2 239 22 355.0 355.0 297.8 355.8 0.20 18 150 14291 -65.0 -65.6 92 0.6 -65.0 291 24 358.1 358.1 298.4 358.3 0.04 19 100 16635 -85.2 -86.5 79 1.3 -85.2 308 38 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.83 m Freezing level: 559.53 mb = 4894.35 m = 16057.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 565.06 mb = 4810.29 m = 15781.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.82 mb = 171.13 m = 561.43 ft T: 25.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.59 mb = 604.67 m = 1983.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.83 mb = 565.14 m = 1854.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.83 mb = 705.85 m = 2315.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.83 mb = 12701.62 m = 41671.48 ft B at Equ Level: 695.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 57.2 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 42.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 368.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 11.19 Bulk Shear: 62.41 m/s