MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-71.62 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -71.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -56 1 950 387 SFC 947 416 23.0 22.1 95 0.8 22.4 269 10 300.8 304.1 297.4 353.7 18.00 3 900 857 20.9 20.1 95 0.8 20.3 271 25 303.0 306.1 297.1 352.3 16.63 4 850 1352 18.5 18.0 97 0.5 18.2 284 28 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.9 15.49 5 800 1871 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 300 30 308.2 310.9 296.8 351.1 14.17 6 750 2419 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.4 311 34 311.5 313.9 296.8 351.1 12.92 7 700 3000 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 10.9 316 38 314.9 317.1 296.9 351.2 11.68 8 650 3618 8.3 7.8 97 0.4 8.0 323 39 318.3 320.3 296.8 350.8 10.30 9 600 4277 4.8 4.6 98 0.3 4.6 328 39 321.7 323.5 296.7 350.2 8.88 10 550 4984 1.2 1.0 99 0.2 1.1 329 39 325.5 327.0 296.7 350.0 7.51 11 500 5747 -2.4 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.6 329 40 330.2 331.4 296.8 351.1 6.27 12 450 6578 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 330 39 335.1 336.1 297.1 352.2 5.00 13 400 7490 -11.4 -12.1 95 0.7 -11.7 332 39 340.2 340.9 297.4 353.5 3.79 14 350 8502 -17.8 -18.1 97 0.3 -17.9 339 38 344.8 345.3 297.5 354.3 2.62 15 300 9636 -26.0 -26.2 99 0.1 -26.1 349 37 348.7 349.0 297.5 354.4 1.51 16 250 10928 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 8 28 352.5 352.6 297.7 355.3 0.70 17 200 12435 -48.9 -48.9 100 0.0 -48.9 13 6 355.3 355.3 298.0 356.2 0.22 18 150 14257 -64.6 -66.0 83 1.4 -64.7 101 8 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.04 19 100 16603 -84.0 -85.4 79 1.4 -84.0 92 16 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.65 m Freezing level: 533.08 mb = 5241.83 m = 17197.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 535.21 mb = 5201.85 m = 17066.23 ft Precipitable water: 2.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.80 mb = 517.91 m = 1699.16 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.60 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1133.96 m = 3720.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.77 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.85 mb = 984.73 m = 3230.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.85 mb = 1640.31 m = 5381.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.85 mb = 6372.91 m = 20908.26 ft B at Equ Level: 69.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.85 mb = 9350.80 m = 30678.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 86.71 m/s