MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 18.58,-70.28 Latitude: 18.58 Longitude: -70.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 964 418 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 44 4 297.4 300.4 295.4 344.5 16.25 2 950 547 20.8 20.4 98 0.3 20.6 83 8 298.3 301.2 295.6 345.2 16.13 3 900 1014 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 102 12 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.6 14.71 4 850 1504 16.4 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 119 17 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.2 13.80 5 800 2020 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 127 20 306.2 308.6 295.4 344.5 12.73 6 750 2564 11.7 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 135 22 309.3 311.5 295.4 344.4 11.53 7 700 3140 8.9 8.7 98 0.2 8.8 137 20 312.4 314.3 295.2 343.7 10.15 8 650 3752 5.8 5.3 97 0.5 5.5 125 18 315.5 317.2 295.0 342.6 8.64 9 600 4404 2.4 2.0 97 0.4 2.1 110 18 318.9 320.3 294.9 342.4 7.39 10 550 5104 -1.1 -1.7 96 0.5 -1.4 98 16 322.7 323.9 295.0 342.8 6.17 11 500 5860 -4.9 -6.3 89 1.5 -5.6 63 9 327.1 328.1 295.0 343.0 4.77 12 450 6683 -9.2 -10.8 88 1.6 -9.9 51 8 331.7 332.5 295.4 344.5 3.75 13 400 7585 -14.3 -15.2 93 0.8 -14.7 76 7 336.3 336.9 295.9 346.7 2.94 14 350 8585 -20.9 -21.1 99 0.2 -21.0 161 4 340.5 340.9 296.1 347.9 2.03 15 300 9705 -29.3 -29.3 100 0.0 -29.3 161 8 344.1 344.4 296.3 348.4 1.13 16 250 10979 -39.9 -39.9 100 0.0 -39.9 158 13 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.7 0.48 17 200 12460 -53.1 -53.2 99 0.1 -53.1 179 11 348.7 348.7 296.5 349.3 0.14 18 150 14241 -69.7 -70.0 95 0.3 -69.7 208 30 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 19 100 16576 -78.6 -82.4 53 3.8 -78.6 317 7 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.01 m Freezing level: 566.35 mb = 4875.30 m = 15994.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.22 mb = 4813.77 m = 15793.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.06 mb = 465.10 m = 1525.91 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.09 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 954.08 m = 3130.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.95 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.84 mb = 919.95 m = 3018.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.84 mb = 1063.13 m = 3487.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.84 mb = 1159.51 m = 3804.11 ft B at Equ Level: 18.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 414.84 mb = 7306.17 m = 23970.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.5 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 144.5 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -4.4 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 10.92 m/s