MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 18.45,-70.83 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -70.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 968 400 21.7 19.9 89 1.9 20.4 18 3 297.6 300.4 294.7 341.8 15.23 2 950 566 22.3 19.4 84 2.9 20.3 26 3 299.8 302.6 295.3 344.0 15.09 3 900 1036 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.3 100 3 302.8 305.4 295.2 343.8 13.84 4 850 1529 18.0 13.9 77 4.1 15.3 96 5 305.0 307.2 294.4 340.3 11.83 5 800 2046 15.2 9.5 69 5.7 11.7 90 10 307.4 309.1 293.3 335.8 9.38 6 750 2591 11.9 5.7 66 6.2 8.2 91 13 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.1 7.67 7 700 3165 8.2 3.3 71 4.9 5.4 94 12 311.5 312.9 292.5 333.0 6.93 8 650 3774 4.6 1.4 80 3.2 2.8 85 11 314.1 315.4 292.9 334.6 6.53 9 600 4423 0.8 -0.9 88 1.8 -0.1 79 9 317.1 318.2 293.3 336.1 5.97 10 550 5118 -2.7 -4.4 88 1.7 -3.6 78 8 320.9 321.8 293.6 337.1 5.02 11 500 5869 -6.5 -8.8 84 2.2 -7.5 76 8 325.1 325.9 293.9 338.2 3.95 12 450 6686 -11.2 -13.3 84 2.1 -12.0 75 10 329.2 329.8 294.2 339.6 3.06 13 400 7581 -16.6 -18.9 83 2.2 -17.4 71 8 333.3 333.8 294.6 340.9 2.15 14 350 8572 -23.2 -25.3 83 2.1 -23.7 26 4 337.5 337.8 295.0 342.6 1.40 15 300 9682 -31.3 -34.7 72 3.3 -31.9 312 6 341.2 341.3 295.2 343.8 0.67 16 250 10947 -41.0 -45.9 59 5.0 -41.4 260 7 345.1 345.2 295.8 346.1 0.25 17 200 12424 -53.3 -58.5 53 5.2 -53.5 292 7 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.6 0.07 18 150 14211 -67.5 -71.3 58 3.8 -67.5 295 19 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16566 -78.6 -82.5 53 3.8 -78.7 350 8 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.28 m Freezing level: 588.26 mb = 4585.81 m = 15045.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.66 mb = 4400.14 m = 14435.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.15 mb = 637.94 m = 2092.96 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 10.94 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1905.95 m = 6253.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 210.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.22 mb = 1276.78 m = 4188.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.22 mb = 2928.18 m = 9606.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.22 mb = 8567.10 m = 28106.95 ft B at Equ Level: 209.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.22 mb = 12093.67 m = 39676.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 84.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 114.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 36.00 Bulk Shear: 5.85 m/s