MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.72,-67.99 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -67.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 28.5 23.3 73 5.2 24.6 97 13 300.3 303.6 297.3 353.1 17.97 1 1000 131 27.1 21.6 72 5.5 23.2 98 15 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.5 16.47 2 950 583 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 99 14 300.3 303.3 296.3 348.3 16.37 3 900 1053 19.8 16.2 80 3.6 17.3 99 13 301.9 304.3 294.3 340.1 12.95 4 850 1546 19.7 3.0 33 16.7 10.3 97 13 306.8 307.9 290.0 324.0 5.60 5 800 2065 17.0 -0.2 31 17.2 7.8 104 12 309.2 310.1 289.9 323.9 4.71 6 750 2611 13.5 -2.6 33 16.1 5.2 103 9 311.2 312.0 290.1 324.5 4.20 7 700 3188 9.5 -2.8 42 12.3 3.2 90 7 313.0 313.8 290.9 327.0 4.43 8 650 3798 5.3 -5.0 47 10.3 0.3 94 4 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.06 9 600 4446 0.7 -6.7 58 7.4 -2.8 125 3 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.3 3.84 10 550 5139 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.5 -7.0 162 3 319.8 320.4 291.4 329.0 2.76 11 500 5887 -7.3 -19.3 38 12.0 -11.3 184 4 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.8 1.66 12 450 6701 -11.7 -22.5 40 10.8 -15.0 183 2 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.4 1.40 13 400 7593 -17.3 -27.2 42 9.9 -19.7 160 1 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.3 1.03 14 350 8581 -23.9 -34.3 38 10.3 -25.8 17 4 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.8 0.60 15 300 9689 -31.5 -51.0 13 19.5 -33.2 139 4 341.0 341.0 294.7 341.4 0.12 16 250 10954 -41.0 -57.1 16 16.1 -41.8 178 7 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.07 17 200 12429 -53.2 -62.0 33 8.8 -53.4 240 8 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14219 -67.8 -73.3 45 5.5 -67.9 224 17 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 19 100 16577 -78.7 -82.4 54 3.7 -78.7 89 5 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.59 m Freezing level: 592.12 mb = 4555.24 m = 14944.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.96 mb = 3860.56 m = 12665.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.94 % Est. max temperature: 33.45 C = 92.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.25 mb = 663.51 m = 2176.84 ft T: 22.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 29.20 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1866.61 m = 6123.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.46 C = 97.63 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 6.93 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 10.37 C K Index: 17.81 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 778.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.70 mb = 902.55 m = 2961.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.70 mb = 3060.79 m = 10041.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.70 mb = 11777.83 m = 38640.69 ft B at Equ Level: 774.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.70 mb = 15985.69 m = 52445.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 105.0 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 135.0 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: -6.8 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 140.05 Bulk Shear: 5.56 m/s