MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 24.46,-70.98 Latitude: 24.46 Longitude: -70.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.5 22.8 76 4.7 24.1 95 19 299.5 302.7 296.8 350.6 17.49 1 1000 121 26.2 21.1 73 5.2 22.6 95 22 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.8 15.92 2 950 572 22.0 20.0 89 1.9 20.6 96 22 299.5 302.3 295.6 345.4 15.72 3 900 1040 18.6 16.7 89 1.9 17.4 97 22 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.1 13.43 4 850 1530 16.7 10.3 66 6.4 12.7 95 19 303.6 305.4 292.1 331.4 9.31 5 800 2044 14.2 3.0 47 11.3 7.9 93 17 306.3 307.4 290.1 324.4 5.93 6 750 2586 11.1 6.6 74 4.5 8.5 79 14 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.7 8.19 7 700 3161 8.6 4.2 74 4.4 6.1 71 13 312.0 313.4 293.0 335.0 7.41 8 650 3772 6.0 0.7 69 5.3 3.1 69 13 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.4 6.20 9 600 4424 2.5 -5.4 56 7.8 -1.3 60 13 319.0 319.8 292.5 332.9 4.28 10 550 5123 -0.8 -17.5 27 16.6 -7.0 49 11 323.1 323.4 291.5 329.1 1.76 11 500 5877 -4.9 -25.4 18 20.5 -11.0 58 6 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.6 0.97 12 450 6697 -10.5 -30.1 18 19.6 -15.4 42 6 330.1 330.2 292.4 332.6 0.70 13 400 7591 -17.1 -39.0 13 22.0 -20.9 344 12 332.8 332.9 292.8 334.1 0.32 14 350 8579 -24.2 -45.8 12 21.6 -26.9 300 22 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.18 15 300 9682 -32.9 -51.6 14 18.7 -34.4 290 27 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.11 16 250 10943 -41.3 -59.9 12 18.6 -42.2 290 40 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.05 17 200 12418 -53.3 -66.5 19 13.2 -53.6 278 48 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14215 -66.6 -72.8 41 6.2 -66.6 258 64 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 19 100 16573 -79.8 -82.6 63 2.8 -79.8 285 35 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.17 m Freezing level: 562.53 mb = 4947.42 m = 16231.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.11 mb = 4221.16 m = 13848.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.05 mb = 598.68 m = 1964.14 ft T: 21.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 26.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 957.64 m = 3141.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 5.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 15.20 C K Index: 27.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.55 mb = 844.49 m = 2770.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.55 mb = 1881.02 m = 6171.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.55 mb = 10791.16 m = 35403.64 ft B at Equ Level: 314.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.55 mb = 13599.08 m = 44615.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 80.2 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 110.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -56.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -18.0 tot: -13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 35.87 Bulk Shear: 8.88 m/s