MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 26.55,-67.84 Latitude: 26.55 Longitude: -67.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -317 SFC 965 -0 26.8 25.5 93 1.2 25.9 156 12 303.0 307.0 300.2 368.0 21.81 2 950 139 25.8 24.7 94 1.0 25.0 159 17 303.3 307.2 299.9 366.2 21.08 3 900 615 23.1 22.6 97 0.5 22.8 163 18 305.3 309.0 299.5 364.0 19.57 4 850 1115 21.1 20.4 96 0.6 20.6 165 17 308.2 311.6 299.3 363.0 18.08 5 800 1641 19.3 18.0 92 1.4 18.4 164 17 311.7 314.9 299.1 362.2 16.41 6 750 2196 17.2 15.5 90 1.7 16.0 158 16 315.2 318.1 299.0 361.7 14.94 7 700 2785 15.0 12.4 84 2.6 13.2 149 15 319.1 321.6 298.8 360.3 13.04 8 650 3412 12.3 9.3 82 3.0 10.3 143 16 322.9 325.1 298.6 359.6 11.44 9 600 4082 9.4 5.9 79 3.5 7.2 140 15 327.0 328.9 298.5 358.8 9.75 10 550 4801 5.7 2.4 79 3.3 3.7 147 14 330.8 332.5 298.4 358.4 8.30 11 500 5576 1.5 -1.0 83 2.5 0.0 156 15 334.9 336.3 298.5 359.0 7.12 12 450 6420 -2.6 -5.6 80 3.0 -4.2 150 18 340.0 341.1 298.6 359.4 5.61 13 400 7349 -6.6 -11.9 66 5.3 -9.1 139 20 346.4 347.2 298.7 360.2 3.84 14 350 8383 -11.7 -20.0 50 8.2 -14.8 147 19 353.0 353.4 299.0 361.4 2.24 15 300 9546 -19.4 -25.5 59 6.1 -21.2 164 22 358.1 358.5 299.5 364.4 1.61 16 250 10876 -29.1 -35.9 52 6.8 -30.4 163 31 362.8 362.9 299.8 365.7 0.71 17 200 12428 -42.1 -48.1 52 6.0 -42.6 173 29 366.2 366.2 300.1 367.2 0.24 18 150 14301 -59.3 -60.6 84 1.4 -59.3 172 24 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.2 0.07 19 100 16709 -80.0 -82.8 63 2.8 -80.0 122 23 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5893.00 m Freezing level: 481.69 mb = 5885.29 m = 19308.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 499.77 mb = 5579.96 m = 18306.73 ft Precipitable water: 2.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.16 mb = 156.08 m = 512.07 ft T: 25.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 653.48 m = 2143.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 20.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.74 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 18.95 C K Index: 37.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.91 mb = 567.57 m = 1862.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.91 mb = 5103.57 m = 16743.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.91 mb = 6780.30 m = 22244.80 ft B at Equ Level: 29.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.91 mb = 7954.30 m = 26096.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 153.6 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 183.6 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -9.4 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 57.74 Bulk Shear: 0.53 m/s