MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-70.04 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -70.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 86 25.5 22.1 81 3.4 23.0 75 8 298.5 301.6 296.1 347.7 16.91 1 1000 100 25.3 20.9 76 4.4 22.2 78 10 298.5 301.3 295.3 344.3 15.74 2 950 549 21.8 18.6 82 3.2 19.5 82 16 299.3 301.9 294.6 341.0 14.30 3 900 1016 18.5 16.4 87 2.2 17.1 85 21 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.1 13.13 4 850 1506 15.7 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 92 21 302.6 304.8 294.1 339.1 12.34 5 800 2019 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 98 20 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.4 11.76 6 750 2562 11.1 11.0 100 0.1 11.0 107 17 308.6 310.7 294.8 342.2 11.07 7 700 3137 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 105 14 311.8 313.7 294.7 341.8 9.72 8 650 3748 5.3 4.9 97 0.5 5.1 107 15 315.0 316.6 294.6 341.2 8.36 9 600 4399 2.1 1.0 92 1.1 1.5 111 15 318.5 319.9 294.4 340.5 6.88 10 550 5099 -1.3 -3.3 86 2.1 -2.3 110 11 322.6 323.6 294.4 340.3 5.45 11 500 5854 -5.0 -9.9 68 4.9 -7.2 103 8 326.9 327.6 294.1 339.0 3.60 12 450 6675 -9.6 -19.1 46 9.5 -12.9 90 2 331.1 331.5 293.7 337.7 1.87 13 400 7575 -15.0 -23.0 50 8.0 -17.4 269 1 335.5 335.8 294.6 340.9 1.50 14 350 8571 -21.9 -26.9 63 5.1 -23.1 286 8 339.3 339.5 295.2 343.7 1.20 15 300 9688 -29.9 -34.7 63 4.8 -30.7 261 16 343.2 343.3 295.7 345.8 0.67 16 250 10958 -40.4 -47.6 46 7.1 -41.0 283 25 345.9 346.0 295.9 346.8 0.21 17 200 12437 -53.1 -60.9 38 7.8 -53.3 288 29 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14225 -68.4 -71.2 67 2.8 -68.5 239 26 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16562 -80.1 -82.3 69 2.2 -80.1 296 14 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.24 m Freezing level: 568.91 mb = 4834.05 m = 15859.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.51 mb = 4664.62 m = 15303.69 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.18 mb = 519.27 m = 1703.60 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 8.61 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.45 mb = 1194.70 m = 3919.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.70 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.47 mb = 954.41 m = 3131.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.47 mb = 1795.04 m = 5889.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.47 mb = 2324.79 m = 7627.17 ft B at Equ Level: 9.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 671.47 mb = 3479.79 m = 11416.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 99.6 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 129.6 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s