MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 18.72,-73.11 Latitude: 18.72 Longitude: -73.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 53 28.7 23.0 72 5.6 24.5 355 8 301.8 305.1 297.7 354.9 18.00 1 1000 55 28.5 22.0 68 6.4 23.8 357 8 301.6 304.7 297.0 351.5 16.92 2 950 509 24.4 20.7 80 3.7 21.8 5 9 301.9 304.9 296.7 350.3 16.39 3 900 981 20.9 18.8 88 2.1 19.5 27 10 303.1 305.9 296.3 348.7 15.38 4 850 1475 18.3 16.2 88 2.1 16.9 41 14 305.3 307.9 295.8 346.5 13.76 5 800 1995 16.4 13.0 81 3.4 14.1 46 18 308.6 310.8 295.4 344.6 11.87 6 750 2543 13.8 10.1 79 3.7 11.4 42 20 311.6 313.5 295.2 343.6 10.44 7 700 3122 10.5 7.6 82 2.9 8.8 39 20 314.2 316.0 295.1 343.5 9.42 8 650 3737 7.1 4.7 85 2.4 5.7 40 21 317.0 318.6 295.1 343.2 8.29 9 600 4393 3.5 1.2 84 2.4 2.2 44 23 320.2 321.6 294.9 342.5 6.96 10 550 5095 -0.5 -2.8 84 2.3 -1.7 48 26 323.5 324.6 294.8 342.0 5.67 11 500 5852 -4.6 -8.4 75 3.8 -6.4 47 30 327.4 328.2 294.6 341.1 4.07 12 450 6676 -8.2 -17.3 48 9.2 -11.6 42 31 333.0 333.4 294.5 340.6 2.18 13 400 7582 -13.7 -25.5 36 11.8 -17.0 24 27 337.2 337.5 294.7 341.6 1.20 14 350 8583 -20.6 -26.2 61 5.6 -22.1 14 10 341.0 341.3 295.7 345.8 1.29 15 300 9704 -28.9 -34.8 57 5.9 -29.9 85 10 344.6 344.8 296.0 347.2 0.66 16 250 10981 -39.1 -56.1 15 17.0 -40.1 349 13 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 17 200 12468 -52.0 -63.2 25 11.2 -52.2 307 20 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14265 -66.5 -67.1 92 0.6 -66.5 177 16 355.6 355.6 297.8 355.7 0.03 19 100 16605 -82.2 -84.1 72 1.9 -82.2 114 4 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.05 m Freezing level: 555.90 mb = 5012.26 m = 16444.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.71 mb = 4782.60 m = 15690.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.15 mb = 768.83 m = 2522.39 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 1000.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1329.51 m = 4361.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.75 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 36.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.31 mb = 1016.83 m = 3336.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.31 mb = 3106.81 m = 10192.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.31 mb = 11498.50 m = 37724.29 ft B at Equ Level: 262.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.31 mb = 14609.92 m = 47932.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.3 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 71.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 29.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.11 Bulk Shear: 26.06 m/s