MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-70.75 Latitude: 18.31 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 146 SFC 981 314 24.5 22.1 87 2.4 22.8 68 6 299.3 302.5 296.7 350.1 17.37 2 950 595 22.9 21.1 90 1.7 21.6 88 6 300.4 303.5 296.5 349.7 16.83 3 900 1065 20.5 18.7 90 1.8 19.2 88 7 302.6 305.4 296.1 347.7 15.24 4 850 1559 18.2 14.8 81 3.3 16.0 79 8 305.2 307.5 295.0 342.8 12.59 5 800 2077 15.8 9.4 66 6.4 11.8 82 9 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.28 6 750 2623 13.1 3.0 51 10.0 7.3 92 9 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.5 6.36 7 700 3199 9.3 -0.5 50 9.9 4.1 104 8 312.8 313.8 291.5 329.3 5.26 8 650 3809 5.2 -2.9 56 8.0 1.1 115 7 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.76 9 600 4458 1.0 -7.0 55 8.0 -2.7 122 6 317.3 318.0 291.6 329.5 3.77 10 550 5152 -2.7 -12.4 47 9.6 -6.7 122 7 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.8 2.69 11 500 5902 -6.7 -17.3 43 10.6 -10.5 120 7 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.7 1.97 12 450 6718 -11.2 -20.7 45 9.5 -14.2 118 8 329.2 329.5 293.0 334.9 1.63 13 400 7612 -16.7 -23.3 56 6.6 -18.6 72 8 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.5 1.46 14 350 8602 -23.4 -27.5 69 4.1 -24.3 57 5 337.3 337.5 294.7 341.5 1.14 15 300 9711 -31.7 -34.6 75 2.9 -32.2 48 4 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.67 16 250 10974 -41.4 -47.3 53 5.9 -41.8 315 6 344.5 344.6 295.6 345.4 0.21 17 200 12450 -52.9 -60.1 42 7.1 -53.1 293 11 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.06 18 150 14242 -67.3 -71.5 55 4.2 -67.4 265 10 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.02 19 100 16602 -78.6 -82.3 54 3.7 -78.6 84 8 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.57 m Freezing level: 586.64 mb = 4643.20 m = 15233.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.67 mb = 3989.54 m = 13088.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.71 mb = 615.58 m = 2019.61 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 20.72 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1389.66 m = 4559.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.49 C = 85.08 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 873.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.93 mb = 1017.57 m = 3338.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.93 mb = 2849.19 m = 9347.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.93 mb = 12129.34 m = 39793.94 ft B at Equ Level: 872.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.93 mb = 16050.43 m = 52658.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.8 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 132.8 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1019.77 Bulk Shear: 0.86 m/s