MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-69.88 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -69.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 43 30.7 22.6 62 8.1 24.8 85 7 303.1 306.4 297.7 354.8 17.40 1 1000 116 29.5 21.3 61 8.2 23.6 83 9 302.7 305.7 296.8 350.6 16.19 2 950 571 25.1 20.1 74 5.0 21.6 73 10 302.7 305.6 296.5 349.4 15.79 3 900 1045 21.2 18.4 84 2.8 19.2 69 12 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.7 14.96 4 850 1538 17.6 16.2 91 1.5 16.7 74 13 304.6 307.2 295.6 345.6 13.72 5 800 2055 15.1 10.8 76 4.3 12.3 89 15 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.1 10.22 6 750 2601 12.9 2.5 49 10.3 7.1 96 15 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.5 6.13 7 700 3177 9.4 -0.3 50 9.8 4.2 95 11 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.7 5.33 8 650 3787 5.5 -3.7 51 9.2 0.9 89 7 315.2 316.1 291.6 329.5 4.48 9 600 4437 1.4 -7.4 52 8.9 -2.7 93 4 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.6 3.64 10 550 5132 -2.5 -12.6 46 10.1 -6.6 91 3 321.1 321.6 291.7 329.9 2.63 11 500 5883 -6.3 -14.7 51 8.4 -9.5 75 3 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.7 2.45 12 450 6700 -10.8 -21.8 40 11.0 -14.2 72 5 329.6 329.9 293.0 334.9 1.48 13 400 7596 -16.2 -27.9 36 11.7 -19.2 47 6 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.4 0.96 14 350 8587 -23.2 -28.8 60 5.7 -24.4 25 5 337.5 337.7 294.6 341.3 1.01 15 300 9696 -31.8 -37.3 58 5.5 -32.6 334 3 340.5 340.6 294.9 342.5 0.51 16 250 10958 -41.7 -47.1 56 5.4 -42.1 316 7 344.0 344.1 295.5 344.9 0.22 17 200 12430 -53.7 -59.1 51 5.4 -53.9 288 5 347.7 347.7 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14216 -67.9 -70.5 69 2.6 -67.9 303 13 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.02 19 100 16581 -77.9 -82.6 47 4.7 -78.0 351 10 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.96 m Freezing level: 582.04 mb = 4686.62 m = 15375.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.12 mb = 3949.56 m = 12957.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.99 C = 89.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.34 mb = 1070.06 m = 3510.66 ft T: 21.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 25.23 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1402.25 m = 4600.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1032.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.82 mb = 1220.77 m = 4005.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.82 mb = 1570.06 m = 5151.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.82 mb = 13194.89 m = 43289.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1025.51 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.2 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 115.2 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7147.80 Bulk Shear: 0.14 m/s