MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 18.65,-71.22 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -71.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 573 SFC 947 602 21.9 18.8 83 3.1 19.8 48 1 299.7 302.4 294.9 342.3 14.58 3 900 1041 20.3 16.7 79 3.7 17.8 106 5 302.5 304.9 294.8 342.0 13.38 4 850 1533 18.1 13.1 73 5.0 14.8 98 8 305.1 307.1 294.0 338.5 11.19 5 800 2051 15.6 8.6 63 7.0 11.3 84 10 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.4 8.77 6 750 2596 12.4 5.3 62 7.1 8.2 80 10 310.1 311.5 292.5 333.0 7.46 7 700 3171 8.9 2.9 66 6.0 5.5 79 10 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.3 6.75 8 650 3781 5.2 0.8 73 4.4 2.8 80 9 314.8 316.0 292.9 334.5 6.25 9 600 4431 1.5 -2.0 78 3.5 -0.3 84 9 317.8 318.9 293.2 335.4 5.50 10 550 5128 -2.2 -5.9 76 3.7 -4.0 82 8 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.49 11 500 5880 -6.2 -10.2 73 4.1 -7.9 78 7 325.5 326.2 293.6 337.3 3.51 12 450 6698 -10.6 -15.0 70 4.4 -12.3 92 6 329.9 330.4 294.1 339.0 2.65 13 400 7595 -16.2 -20.8 68 4.5 -17.7 105 5 333.9 334.3 294.4 340.4 1.83 14 350 8586 -23.1 -29.0 58 5.9 -24.4 98 2 337.7 337.9 294.7 341.4 1.00 15 300 9696 -31.5 -39.6 45 8.1 -32.6 318 5 341.0 341.1 295.0 342.6 0.41 16 250 10960 -41.2 -46.8 55 5.6 -41.6 297 10 344.8 344.9 295.7 345.7 0.23 17 200 12435 -53.7 -57.4 64 3.7 -53.8 275 9 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.1 0.08 18 150 14219 -68.4 -69.2 90 0.7 -68.5 304 20 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16571 -78.3 -82.5 51 4.1 -78.3 334 8 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.72 m Freezing level: 579.84 mb = 4712.20 m = 15459.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.34 mb = 4359.37 m = 14302.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.76 mb = 995.78 m = 3266.96 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 9.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2344.47 m = 7691.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.08 mb = 1572.71 m = 5159.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.08 mb = 4021.32 m = 13193.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.08 mb = 5554.39 m = 18222.84 ft B at Equ Level: 30.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.08 mb = 7386.87 m = 24234.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 83.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 113.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 1.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 2.74 m/s