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: 34.04,-68.46 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -68.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 0 20.6 14.0 66 6.6 16.4 337 26 293.0 294.7 289.2 321.5 10.00 1 1000 77 19.1 11.0 60 8.1 14.3 337 29 292.3 293.7 287.4 315.9 8.28 2 950 515 14.8 9.6 71 5.2 11.8 338 30 292.2 293.7 287.1 314.9 7.93 3 900 970 10.7 8.5 86 2.3 9.5 338 29 292.6 294.0 287.0 314.7 7.74 4 850 1443 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.4 338 29 293.3 294.5 286.5 313.3 6.96 5 800 1939 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 338 28 294.8 295.8 286.1 312.2 6.00 6 750 2463 3.8 -21.6 14 25.4 -3.8 333 31 300.7 300.9 282.8 303.6 0.91 7 700 3021 3.1 -31.2 6 34.3 -5.5 332 35 305.9 305.9 284.3 307.3 0.40 8 650 3620 1.4 -25.9 11 27.2 -6.4 336 42 310.5 310.6 286.4 312.9 0.71 9 600 4258 -2.6 -26.3 14 23.6 -9.1 334 48 313.1 313.2 287.3 315.6 0.75 10 550 4943 -6.3 -39.0 6 32.7 -12.7 333 55 316.6 316.6 287.9 317.4 0.24 11 500 5681 -10.6 -44.9 4 34.3 -16.0 330 63 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.6 0.14 12 450 6482 -16.3 -42.6 8 26.3 -20.3 330 66 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.20 13 400 7356 -23.0 -40.1 19 17.1 -25.4 335 72 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.29 14 350 8321 -29.7 -40.5 34 10.8 -31.0 339 89 328.7 328.7 291.7 329.9 0.32 15 300 9401 -38.2 -51.0 25 12.8 -39.0 335 87 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 16 250 10629 -47.9 -56.5 36 8.6 -48.2 320 90 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12073 -55.6 -65.4 29 9.7 -55.8 316 102 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13888 -60.3 -77.1 9 16.8 -60.4 325 79 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16376 -64.3 -84.2 5 19.9 -64.5 323 40 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.78 m Freezing level: 633.00 mb = 3836.96 m = 12588.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.13 mb = 2174.40 m = 7133.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.66 % Est. max temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.65 mb = 824.56 m = 2705.22 ft T: 12.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.24 mb = 1219.66 m = 4001.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.55 C = 69.00 F Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lifted Index: 8.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.62 C Showalter Index: 9.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.44 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: -10.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 193.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.22 mb = 1144.26 m = 3754.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.22 mb = 1382.77 m = 4536.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.22 mb = 2183.92 m = 7165.01 ft B at Equ Level: 19.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 736.22 mb = 2613.13 m = 8573.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.9 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 3.9 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.4 neg: -5.3 tot: 34.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 17.52 m/s