MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-71.38 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -71.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 968 364 25.7 20.8 74 4.9 22.2 331 1 301.7 304.6 296.5 349.3 16.18 2 950 524 23.9 19.6 77 4.3 20.8 349 2 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.3 15.24 3 900 995 20.8 17.1 79 3.7 18.3 56 3 303.0 305.5 295.2 343.8 13.79 4 850 1488 17.9 15.0 83 2.9 16.0 88 5 304.9 307.3 295.0 343.0 12.73 5 800 2006 15.0 12.8 87 2.2 13.6 71 6 307.1 309.3 294.9 342.4 11.69 6 750 2551 12.2 10.3 88 1.9 11.0 53 10 309.8 311.8 294.8 342.0 10.55 7 700 3128 9.5 7.4 86 2.2 8.2 51 17 313.0 314.8 294.7 341.7 9.26 8 650 3741 6.4 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 46 22 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.2 8.29 9 600 4394 2.5 2.1 97 0.4 2.3 40 22 319.1 320.5 295.0 342.8 7.46 10 550 5095 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.2 -1.3 30 22 322.7 324.0 295.1 343.2 6.31 11 500 5850 -5.2 -5.5 98 0.3 -5.3 21 20 326.7 327.7 295.2 343.6 5.10 12 450 6672 -9.6 -9.8 98 0.2 -9.7 16 16 331.2 332.0 295.5 344.9 4.03 13 400 7573 -14.9 -15.2 97 0.4 -15.0 12 11 335.7 336.3 295.7 345.9 2.93 14 350 8571 -21.1 -23.1 84 2.0 -21.7 22 11 340.3 340.6 295.8 346.5 1.70 15 300 9693 -28.1 -35.7 48 7.5 -29.4 2 11 345.7 345.9 296.2 348.1 0.61 16 250 10974 -38.4 -50.4 27 11.9 -39.4 324 24 348.9 349.0 296.5 349.6 0.15 17 200 12466 -50.9 -52.3 85 1.3 -51.0 173 5 352.1 352.2 297.3 352.8 0.15 18 150 14267 -67.3 -68.1 90 0.8 -67.3 167 17 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.03 19 100 16610 -80.8 -83.0 70 2.2 -80.8 123 9 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.39 m Freezing level: 565.45 mb = 4878.32 m = 16004.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.76 mb = 4838.96 m = 15875.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.17 mb = 983.95 m = 3228.14 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1767.66 m = 5799.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.67 mb = 1330.83 m = 4366.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.67 mb = 3859.09 m = 12660.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.67 mb = 6660.17 m = 21850.67 ft B at Equ Level: 50.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.67 mb = 8767.55 m = 28764.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 39.1 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 69.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.2 neg: -5.9 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 22.11 m/s