MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 18.92,-70.75 Latitude: 18.92 Longitude: -70.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -107 1 950 330 2 900 795 SFC 867 1116 19.0 18.7 98 0.3 18.8 244 8 304.3 307.3 297.0 351.7 15.88 4 850 1287 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.6 247 15 306.7 309.7 297.4 353.7 15.62 5 800 1808 17.3 15.6 90 1.6 16.2 265 23 309.6 312.2 297.2 352.5 14.12 6 750 2359 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 283 34 312.2 314.7 297.1 352.3 13.03 7 700 2941 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 295 46 315.2 317.5 297.2 352.6 12.02 8 650 3559 8.6 8.4 99 0.2 8.5 303 60 318.6 320.7 297.1 352.4 10.69 9 600 4219 5.4 5.1 98 0.2 5.2 308 67 322.3 324.2 297.1 352.1 9.26 10 550 4927 1.6 1.5 99 0.1 1.5 309 67 326.0 327.6 297.0 351.4 7.78 11 500 5691 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 309 66 330.8 332.2 297.3 352.8 6.57 12 450 6524 -5.7 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.9 306 59 336.1 337.2 297.6 354.5 5.38 13 400 7439 -10.6 -11.1 96 0.5 -10.8 306 53 341.2 342.1 297.8 355.7 4.10 14 350 8456 -16.5 -16.7 98 0.3 -16.6 310 48 346.6 347.2 298.2 357.3 2.95 15 300 9598 -24.0 -24.2 98 0.2 -24.1 316 37 351.6 352.0 298.4 358.4 1.80 16 250 10903 -33.6 -34.1 95 0.5 -33.7 315 31 356.1 356.3 298.6 359.4 0.85 17 200 12424 -46.8 -47.0 98 0.2 -46.9 299 27 358.6 358.6 298.7 359.7 0.28 18 150 14259 -63.5 -63.6 98 0.2 -63.5 286 19 360.7 360.7 298.9 361.0 0.05 19 100 16617 -85.1 -86.3 81 1.2 -85.1 313 6 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.55 m Freezing level: 526.37 mb = 5287.80 m = 17348.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 528.05 mb = 5253.17 m = 17234.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.47 mb = 1151.88 m = 3779.08 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 1.44 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.51 mb = 2128.57 m = 6983.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.48 C Cross Totals Index: 19.96 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.15 mb = 1817.30 m = 5962.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.15 mb = 3505.97 m = 11502.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 504.15 mb = 5624.39 m = 18452.49 ft B at Equ Level: 33.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.15 mb = 6983.77 m = 22912.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 52.2 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 573.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 573.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 256.97 m/s