MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.72,-82.4 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -82.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 28.2 23.7 77 4.5 24.9 102 11 300.5 303.9 297.7 355.2 18.63 1 1000 87 27.2 22.5 75 4.7 23.8 102 12 300.4 303.6 297.0 351.4 17.39 2 950 539 23.2 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 100 12 300.7 303.8 296.6 349.9 16.75 3 900 1010 20.4 17.9 86 2.5 18.7 98 12 302.5 305.2 295.6 345.4 14.49 4 850 1503 18.0 15.7 86 2.3 16.5 103 10 305.0 307.5 295.5 344.9 13.33 5 800 2022 15.7 12.8 83 2.9 13.8 105 8 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.4 11.72 6 750 2569 13.1 9.2 77 3.9 10.6 90 5 310.8 312.7 294.5 340.9 9.79 7 700 3147 10.0 5.8 75 4.2 7.5 69 2 313.5 315.1 294.1 339.3 8.28 8 650 3760 6.2 2.5 77 3.7 4.1 191 1 316.0 317.4 293.9 338.3 7.08 9 600 4412 2.2 -2.3 72 4.5 -0.2 196 3 318.7 319.7 293.3 336.0 5.40 10 550 5110 -1.7 -6.3 71 4.6 -3.9 208 2 322.0 322.9 293.4 336.3 4.34 11 500 5863 -5.7 -10.0 72 4.3 -7.6 171 1 326.1 326.8 293.9 338.1 3.58 12 450 6682 -10.5 -13.7 77 3.2 -11.8 118 7 330.0 330.6 294.3 340.1 2.94 13 400 7580 -15.6 -21.3 62 5.7 -17.4 109 9 334.7 335.0 294.6 340.9 1.74 14 350 8575 -22.2 -27.6 62 5.4 -23.5 95 8 338.8 339.1 295.0 343.0 1.13 15 300 9690 -30.3 -41.3 33 11.0 -31.7 47 10 342.7 342.8 295.3 344.0 0.34 16 250 10957 -40.9 -50.1 36 9.2 -41.5 15 12 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.9 0.16 17 200 12434 -53.2 -59.4 47 6.2 -53.4 8 11 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.8 0.06 18 150 14222 -67.9 -70.2 73 2.2 -67.9 15 14 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.02 19 100 16572 -80.3 -82.4 70 2.1 -80.3 106 11 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.68 m Freezing level: 572.05 mb = 4802.01 m = 15754.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.82 mb = 4387.00 m = 14392.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.98 mb = 566.89 m = 1859.87 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.87 mb = 1117.54 m = 3666.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 750.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.49 mb = 842.47 m = 2763.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.49 mb = 2540.46 m = 8334.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.49 mb = 13003.14 m = 42660.71 ft B at Equ Level: 744.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.7 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 138.7 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -8.5 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 120.46 Bulk Shear: 6.23 m/s