MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-71.54 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -71.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 966 400 21.9 19.0 84 2.8 19.9 65 3 298.0 300.6 294.3 340.0 14.49 2 950 543 22.2 18.7 81 3.5 19.8 105 6 299.7 302.3 294.8 341.9 14.44 3 900 1012 19.6 16.4 82 3.2 17.4 108 7 301.7 304.2 294.4 340.5 13.15 4 850 1503 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.1 82 10 304.0 306.2 294.3 339.8 12.02 5 800 2020 15.0 11.5 79 3.5 12.7 80 15 307.2 309.2 294.2 339.5 10.72 6 750 2565 12.0 9.4 84 2.6 10.3 88 20 309.6 311.4 294.3 339.8 9.92 7 700 3140 9.0 6.9 87 2.1 7.7 88 20 312.4 314.1 294.3 340.1 8.96 8 650 3752 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 89 15 315.7 317.2 294.6 341.1 8.10 9 600 4405 2.4 1.6 94 0.9 2.0 78 10 318.9 320.3 294.7 341.8 7.17 10 550 5104 -1.5 -3.3 87 1.9 -2.4 46 7 322.3 323.4 294.3 340.1 5.45 11 500 5859 -4.8 -12.7 54 8.0 -8.1 25 8 327.2 327.8 293.6 337.0 2.87 12 450 6682 -8.8 -17.2 51 8.4 -11.9 24 4 332.2 332.7 294.3 340.0 2.21 13 400 7585 -14.3 -22.0 52 7.7 -16.7 307 4 336.4 336.7 294.8 342.3 1.64 14 350 8584 -21.2 -27.0 59 5.8 -22.6 274 5 340.2 340.5 295.4 344.7 1.20 15 300 9701 -30.2 -32.0 84 1.8 -30.5 257 10 342.9 343.0 295.8 346.2 0.88 16 250 10971 -39.9 -40.0 99 0.1 -39.9 242 15 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.7 0.47 17 200 12457 -52.3 -52.4 99 0.0 -52.4 162 16 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.5 0.15 18 150 14245 -68.6 -69.2 93 0.5 -68.7 156 42 351.8 351.8 297.1 351.9 0.02 19 100 16571 -79.9 -83.2 58 3.3 -79.9 299 13 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.92 m Freezing level: 568.89 mb = 4840.13 m = 15879.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 577.78 mb = 4708.26 m = 15446.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.61 mb = 758.96 m = 2490.01 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.80 mb = 2021.66 m = 6632.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.03 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.81 C Cross Totals Index: 18.92 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2946.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.51 mb = 1278.36 m = 4194.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 78.4 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 108.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.9 neg: -1.7 tot: 16.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.72 Bulk Shear: 5.88 m/s