MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-71.06 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -71.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 985 233 27.3 21.6 71 5.7 23.2 130 7 301.7 304.8 296.8 351.0 16.70 2 950 547 24.7 19.1 71 5.6 20.8 125 10 302.2 305.0 295.7 345.9 14.78 3 900 1020 21.2 16.8 76 4.3 18.2 105 10 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.5 13.53 4 850 1513 17.5 14.8 84 2.7 15.7 86 11 304.5 306.9 294.8 342.0 12.55 5 800 2029 14.4 11.4 82 3.0 12.5 75 13 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.6 10.65 6 750 2573 11.5 6.6 72 4.8 8.6 68 15 309.0 310.6 292.8 334.1 8.19 7 700 3147 8.3 2.6 67 5.7 5.1 63 14 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.3 6.63 8 650 3756 4.9 -0.2 69 5.1 2.2 65 14 314.5 315.6 292.4 332.8 5.80 9 600 4405 1.8 -3.4 68 5.2 -0.9 69 13 318.2 319.1 292.8 334.1 4.96 10 550 5104 -1.2 -7.7 61 6.5 -4.2 74 12 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.6 3.91 11 500 5858 -5.2 -11.2 63 6.0 -7.8 78 9 326.7 327.3 293.7 337.6 3.24 12 450 6679 -10.0 -14.6 69 4.6 -11.8 88 5 330.7 331.2 294.3 340.1 2.73 13 400 7578 -15.5 -20.6 65 5.1 -17.1 58 1 334.9 335.2 294.7 341.5 1.85 14 350 8572 -22.2 -30.6 46 8.5 -24.0 275 6 338.9 339.1 294.8 342.1 0.85 15 300 9687 -30.4 -37.1 52 6.7 -31.4 268 7 342.6 342.7 295.4 344.6 0.53 16 250 10955 -40.6 -45.8 57 5.2 -41.1 282 12 345.7 345.7 295.9 346.7 0.25 17 200 12434 -52.9 -57.0 61 4.1 -53.1 286 16 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.4 0.09 18 150 14223 -68.5 -71.1 68 2.7 -68.5 297 27 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16570 -78.9 -82.3 57 3.4 -79.0 329 4 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.91 m Freezing level: 570.04 mb = 4823.85 m = 15826.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.10 mb = 4216.99 m = 13835.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.77 mb = 954.23 m = 3130.63 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1621.24 m = 5318.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 197.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.52 mb = 1336.85 m = 4385.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.52 mb = 2108.56 m = 6917.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.52 mb = 9163.31 m = 30062.99 ft B at Equ Level: 197.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.52 mb = 13002.43 m = 42658.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.1 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 107.1 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -10.4 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 18.64 Bulk Shear: 10.61 m/s