MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-66.57 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -66.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 60 29.0 23.4 72 5.7 24.9 95 13 301.7 305.1 297.8 355.7 18.28 1 1000 109 28.7 21.9 67 6.7 23.8 97 16 301.8 304.9 296.9 351.4 16.80 2 950 564 24.7 20.0 75 4.7 21.3 104 18 302.3 305.1 296.3 348.5 15.67 3 900 1036 21.1 17.6 80 3.5 18.7 107 16 303.3 305.9 295.6 345.4 14.21 4 850 1530 18.1 13.6 75 4.5 15.1 109 16 305.1 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.60 5 800 2048 16.3 6.7 53 9.6 10.5 105 16 308.5 309.9 292.3 332.1 7.71 6 750 2594 13.1 2.4 48 10.7 7.1 96 15 310.7 311.9 291.6 329.6 6.06 7 700 3171 9.5 -0.4 50 9.9 4.2 81 13 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.6 5.30 8 650 3781 5.5 -2.5 56 8.0 1.4 70 11 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.7 4.89 9 600 4431 1.5 -5.2 61 6.6 -1.7 67 9 317.8 318.7 292.2 331.8 4.34 10 550 5127 -2.4 -11.7 49 9.3 -6.2 45 7 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.7 2.84 11 500 5877 -6.7 -15.2 51 8.5 -9.9 28 7 324.9 325.4 292.5 332.9 2.35 12 450 6693 -11.2 -19.3 51 8.1 -13.9 9 7 329.1 329.5 293.2 335.5 1.84 13 400 7587 -16.9 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.3 34 3 333.0 333.3 293.6 337.1 1.13 14 350 8577 -23.3 -33.2 40 9.9 -25.2 168 1 337.3 337.5 294.3 339.8 0.67 15 300 9686 -31.4 -42.5 33 11.1 -32.7 214 10 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.3 0.30 16 250 10950 -41.2 -47.2 52 6.0 -41.6 202 21 344.9 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.22 17 200 12424 -53.6 -59.5 48 5.9 -53.8 217 8 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14210 -68.0 -72.1 55 4.1 -68.0 265 8 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16573 -78.3 -82.7 48 4.5 -78.3 335 10 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.88 m Freezing level: 580.91 mb = 4696.57 m = 15408.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.98 mb = 4060.82 m = 13322.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.52 mb = 782.58 m = 2567.49 ft T: 23.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 26.08 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.10 mb = 1488.33 m = 4882.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 28.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 867.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.34 mb = 1158.72 m = 3801.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.34 mb = 2793.23 m = 9164.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.34 mb = 12666.16 m = 41555.14 ft B at Equ Level: 866.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 117.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: -12.8 tot: -2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 234.14 Bulk Shear: 3.71 m/s