MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F306.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F306.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 306 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 36.34,-71.06 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -71.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 0 22.6 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 147 38 295.4 297.9 293.4 336.5 14.32 1 1000 43 21.8 18.0 79 3.8 19.2 147 43 295.0 297.3 292.4 332.6 13.11 2 950 485 17.4 15.5 89 1.9 16.2 149 54 294.9 297.0 291.3 328.6 11.77 3 900 946 14.2 12.4 89 1.8 13.1 156 57 296.2 298.0 290.4 325.3 10.09 4 850 1428 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.8 172 55 299.1 300.9 291.3 328.4 10.04 5 800 1935 10.0 9.8 99 0.2 9.9 181 54 301.9 303.6 291.7 330.2 9.58 6 750 2470 7.2 6.8 97 0.4 6.9 186 52 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.2 8.29 7 700 3036 4.3 2.6 89 1.6 3.4 188 55 307.2 308.5 291.0 327.4 6.63 8 650 3636 1.0 -2.3 79 3.3 -0.6 187 59 310.1 311.1 290.5 325.7 4.99 9 600 4276 -2.9 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.0 185 63 312.7 313.4 290.0 324.1 3.58 10 550 4959 -8.0 -11.8 74 3.8 -9.5 183 63 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.7 2.81 11 500 5692 -13.3 -17.0 74 3.7 -14.5 183 63 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.5 2.02 12 450 6486 -18.9 -22.8 71 3.9 -19.9 185 63 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.36 13 400 7354 -23.7 -29.2 60 5.5 -24.8 191 62 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.3 0.85 14 350 8319 -29.3 -35.1 57 5.9 -30.1 199 62 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.55 15 300 9402 -37.1 -40.9 68 3.7 -37.5 208 63 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.36 16 250 10635 -46.6 -53.0 48 6.4 -46.9 220 65 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.11 17 200 12088 -53.4 -69.0 13 15.7 -53.7 225 110 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13907 -61.0 -78.0 9 17.0 -61.2 223 117 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16385 -62.2 -84.0 4 21.8 -62.4 225 48 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.56 m Freezing level: 636.91 mb = 3803.86 m = 12479.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.21 mb = 3546.97 m = 11636.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.60 mb = 398.71 m = 1308.08 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 833.63 m = 2734.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.74 C K Index: 35.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.20 mb = 747.47 m = 2452.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.20 mb = 981.24 m = 3219.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.20 mb = 1075.87 m = 3529.72 ft B at Equ Level: 3.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 836.20 mb = 1564.64 m = 5133.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.4 at 57.6 knts Storm direction: 208.4 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 403.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 403.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 109.54 m/s