MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 18.72,-69.17 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -69.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 998 76 24.1 22.8 92 1.3 23.2 109 19 297.4 300.7 296.4 348.9 17.76 2 950 504 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 114 39 298.6 301.5 295.7 346.0 16.30 3 900 972 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 18.0 122 44 300.6 303.2 295.0 342.6 14.33 4 850 1463 16.9 15.2 89 1.8 15.8 129 41 303.9 306.3 294.8 342.1 12.85 5 800 1979 14.5 13.1 92 1.4 13.6 142 41 306.6 308.8 295.0 342.6 11.97 6 750 2524 12.1 10.9 92 1.2 11.3 150 39 309.7 311.8 295.1 343.2 10.97 7 700 3101 9.0 8.2 95 0.8 8.5 146 32 312.5 314.3 295.0 342.7 9.80 8 650 3713 5.8 5.3 96 0.5 5.5 143 30 315.6 317.2 295.0 342.6 8.63 9 600 4366 2.6 2.1 97 0.5 2.3 143 29 319.1 320.6 295.0 342.9 7.46 10 550 5067 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 145 29 323.5 324.8 295.4 344.7 6.51 11 500 5826 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.3 149 28 328.2 329.3 295.8 346.4 5.48 12 450 6652 -8.3 -9.0 95 0.6 -8.7 143 26 332.8 333.6 296.1 347.5 4.32 13 400 7558 -13.4 -14.2 94 0.7 -13.7 136 27 337.5 338.2 296.4 348.7 3.20 14 350 8562 -19.8 -19.9 99 0.1 -19.8 129 25 342.0 342.5 296.7 350.2 2.25 15 300 9688 -27.9 -28.1 99 0.1 -28.0 122 22 346.0 346.3 296.8 350.8 1.26 16 250 10970 -38.2 -38.4 98 0.2 -38.2 141 19 349.3 349.4 297.0 351.5 0.56 17 200 12463 -51.0 -51.3 97 0.3 -51.0 172 25 352.0 352.0 297.2 352.7 0.17 18 150 14266 -67.1 -67.3 97 0.3 -67.1 193 33 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.7 0.03 19 100 16597 -81.4 -83.9 65 2.6 -81.4 327 6 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.95 m Freezing level: 558.19 mb = 4952.03 m = 16246.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.18 mb = 4890.49 m = 16044.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.07 mb = 240.82 m = 790.07 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 683.89 m = 2243.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.13 mb = 622.20 m = 2041.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.13 mb = 856.07 m = 2808.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 872.13 mb = 1241.92 m = 4074.48 ft B at Equ Level: 14.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 422.13 mb = 7143.71 m = 23437.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.2 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 168.2 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.0 neg: -20.1 tot: 253.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 27.52 m/s