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: 18.45,-70.35 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -70.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 967 442 23.4 20.2 82 3.2 21.2 36 3 299.5 302.3 295.5 345.0 15.59 2 950 593 22.7 19.3 81 3.4 20.3 73 4 300.2 302.9 295.3 344.0 14.96 3 900 1062 20.1 16.3 79 3.8 17.5 101 5 302.2 304.6 294.5 340.8 13.07 4 850 1555 18.0 12.8 72 5.2 14.6 116 7 305.0 307.1 293.8 338.0 11.01 5 800 2073 15.8 8.7 63 7.1 11.4 129 8 308.0 309.7 293.0 334.9 8.87 6 750 2618 12.8 4.7 58 8.1 8.0 141 7 310.5 311.8 292.4 332.6 7.17 7 700 3194 9.2 1.1 57 8.1 4.7 145 7 312.6 313.8 292.0 331.2 5.92 8 650 3804 5.2 -3.1 55 8.4 1.0 145 7 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.7 4.67 9 600 4453 1.1 -6.8 55 7.9 -2.6 145 7 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.82 10 550 5148 -3.1 -9.3 63 6.1 -5.8 144 6 320.4 321.0 292.2 331.7 3.45 11 500 5897 -7.2 -11.6 71 4.3 -9.0 140 6 324.2 324.8 293.0 334.8 3.16 12 450 6711 -11.7 -14.8 77 3.2 -12.9 107 7 328.6 329.1 293.8 337.8 2.69 13 400 7604 -17.0 -21.6 68 4.5 -18.4 74 8 332.9 333.2 294.0 338.9 1.71 14 350 8594 -23.5 -26.2 78 2.8 -24.1 61 4 337.1 337.4 294.8 341.8 1.29 15 300 9702 -31.8 -37.2 59 5.4 -32.6 350 4 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.6 0.52 16 250 10965 -41.6 -47.8 51 6.2 -42.1 353 5 344.2 344.3 295.5 345.1 0.20 17 200 12437 -53.6 -60.0 45 6.5 -53.7 236 2 347.9 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 18 150 14223 -67.9 -71.2 63 3.3 -67.9 224 6 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16577 -78.9 -82.2 58 3.3 -78.9 10 9 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.64 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4630.17 m = 15190.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.02 mb = 3980.69 m = 13059.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.71 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.00 mb = 852.87 m = 2798.10 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2252.14 m = 7388.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.68 C = 90.82 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.63 mb = 1387.93 m = 4553.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.63 mb = 3783.75 m = 12413.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 381.63 mb = 7952.79 m = 26091.53 ft B at Equ Level: 137.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.63 mb = 10919.45 m = 35824.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.8 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 163.8 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 35.73 Bulk Shear: 3.87 m/s