MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-71.85 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -71.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 964 466 23.7 20.5 82 3.2 21.5 108 4 300.0 303.0 295.9 346.8 15.99 2 950 589 22.7 19.6 83 3.1 20.5 109 6 300.2 303.0 295.6 345.1 15.32 3 900 1059 20.6 16.2 76 4.4 17.6 116 9 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 12.99 4 850 1552 18.5 12.7 69 5.8 14.7 123 9 305.5 307.6 293.9 338.3 10.92 5 800 2071 16.0 8.8 62 7.2 11.5 132 8 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.3 8.92 6 750 2617 12.8 5.3 60 7.5 8.4 140 8 310.5 311.9 292.7 333.5 7.47 7 700 3193 9.2 2.0 61 7.2 5.2 145 7 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.5 6.32 8 650 3803 5.2 -1.8 61 7.0 1.6 146 7 314.9 315.9 292.0 331.3 5.17 9 600 4452 1.0 -6.4 57 7.5 -2.5 143 7 317.3 318.0 291.7 330.0 3.93 10 550 5146 -3.0 -8.6 65 5.6 -5.5 129 6 320.5 321.2 292.3 332.4 3.63 11 500 5895 -6.9 -12.4 65 5.5 -9.1 91 5 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.5 2.95 12 450 6711 -11.6 -14.5 79 2.9 -12.7 65 5 328.7 329.3 293.9 338.2 2.77 13 400 7604 -16.9 -20.1 76 3.3 -17.9 102 7 333.1 333.4 294.3 339.9 1.93 14 350 8594 -23.7 -27.3 72 3.6 -24.5 116 5 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.1 1.17 15 300 9702 -31.7 -34.4 77 2.7 -32.1 18 4 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.4 0.69 16 250 10964 -41.6 -47.7 51 6.1 -42.1 9 4 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.20 17 200 12436 -53.9 -58.7 56 4.8 -54.1 328 5 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.07 18 150 14221 -67.9 -70.4 71 2.5 -67.9 283 5 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16579 -79.1 -82.1 61 3.0 -79.1 23 8 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.44 m Freezing level: 587.55 mb = 4624.62 m = 15172.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.47 mb = 4050.18 m = 13287.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.93 mb = 868.80 m = 2850.37 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2290.33 m = 7514.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.71 C = 90.88 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.62 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.37 mb = 1447.69 m = 4749.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.37 mb = 3735.19 m = 12254.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.37 mb = 8480.90 m = 27824.14 ft B at Equ Level: 155.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.37 mb = 11648.28 m = 38215.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.6 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 158.6 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 265.73 Bulk Shear: 0.59 m/s