MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.51,-73.19 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -73.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 97 27.5 21.8 71 5.7 23.3 157 1 300.4 303.4 296.4 349.1 16.59 1 1000 119 27.3 21.6 71 5.7 23.2 145 1 300.4 303.4 296.3 348.6 16.43 2 950 571 24.0 19.8 77 4.2 21.0 80 2 301.5 304.4 296.0 347.1 15.48 3 900 1043 20.6 17.7 84 2.9 18.6 97 6 302.7 305.3 295.5 344.9 14.28 4 850 1536 17.8 15.0 84 2.8 15.9 115 9 304.8 307.1 295.0 342.6 12.69 5 800 2054 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 12.0 134 11 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.1 9.67 6 750 2599 13.0 4.6 57 8.4 8.1 147 11 310.7 312.1 292.4 332.7 7.13 7 700 3176 9.6 0.2 52 9.4 4.5 153 9 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.5 5.54 8 650 3787 5.5 -1.8 59 7.3 1.7 145 7 315.1 316.1 292.1 331.5 5.15 9 600 4437 1.6 -4.1 66 5.7 -1.3 131 6 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.1 4.70 10 550 5133 -2.4 -9.0 60 6.6 -5.4 139 7 321.2 321.9 292.4 332.8 3.51 11 500 5884 -6.2 -13.8 55 7.6 -9.2 154 8 325.5 326.0 292.9 334.4 2.64 12 450 6702 -10.4 -16.7 60 6.3 -12.7 130 6 330.1 330.6 293.9 338.1 2.29 13 400 7599 -16.3 -20.5 70 4.3 -17.6 100 6 333.8 334.2 294.4 340.5 1.87 14 350 8591 -23.2 -27.5 68 4.3 -24.2 102 6 337.5 337.7 294.7 341.7 1.14 15 300 9702 -30.9 -37.3 54 6.4 -31.9 307 5 341.8 341.9 295.2 343.8 0.52 16 250 10968 -41.0 -51.0 33 10.0 -41.6 273 2 345.2 345.2 295.7 345.7 0.14 17 200 12443 -53.6 -57.7 61 4.1 -53.7 339 5 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14229 -67.6 -71.0 62 3.4 -67.7 314 8 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.02 19 100 16588 -80.4 -82.2 74 1.8 -80.4 65 4 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.29 m Freezing level: 580.44 mb = 4709.19 m = 15449.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.66 mb = 4148.80 m = 13611.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.68 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.06 mb = 822.30 m = 2697.80 ft T: 22.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 18.60 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1468.78 m = 4818.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 29.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 476.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.13 mb = 1099.44 m = 3607.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.13 mb = 3067.77 m = 10064.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.13 mb = 11261.64 m = 36947.19 ft B at Equ Level: 476.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.13 mb = 15100.58 m = 49541.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 166.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 92.53 Bulk Shear: 5.15 m/s