MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 23.92,-65.63 Latitude: 23.92 Longitude: -65.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -319 SFC 965 -0 27.3 25.4 90 1.8 25.9 355 17 303.5 307.5 300.2 368.1 21.66 2 950 138 25.8 24.4 92 1.4 24.8 360 22 303.4 307.2 299.7 365.0 20.68 3 900 614 23.0 22.0 95 0.9 22.3 6 23 305.2 308.7 299.0 361.7 18.86 4 850 1113 21.1 19.8 92 1.3 20.2 8 21 308.3 311.5 298.9 361.0 17.40 5 800 1639 20.3 16.7 79 3.7 17.8 5 17 312.8 315.7 298.6 359.4 15.11 6 750 2197 18.6 13.7 73 5.0 15.2 1 15 316.8 319.3 298.4 358.2 13.22 7 700 2788 16.6 10.2 66 6.4 12.3 358 16 320.9 323.1 298.0 356.7 11.24 8 650 3418 14.0 7.2 64 6.8 9.6 5 18 324.8 326.7 298.0 356.6 9.84 9 600 4090 9.8 4.5 69 5.3 6.5 3 18 327.5 329.2 298.0 356.4 8.82 10 550 4808 5.3 1.6 77 3.7 3.1 2 18 330.4 332.0 298.0 356.5 7.86 11 500 5582 0.8 -2.0 81 2.8 -0.8 358 17 334.0 335.3 298.0 356.3 6.61 12 450 6424 -3.1 -6.9 75 3.8 -5.0 359 19 339.4 340.4 298.1 357.1 5.09 13 400 7350 -7.5 -12.6 66 5.2 -9.8 352 24 345.3 346.1 298.4 358.3 3.63 14 350 8381 -12.9 -20.4 53 7.5 -15.6 338 18 351.4 351.9 298.6 359.6 2.17 15 300 9536 -21.5 -26.7 62 5.3 -22.9 8 16 355.1 355.4 298.8 360.7 1.43 16 250 10852 -31.8 -33.3 86 1.6 -32.1 52 17 358.8 359.0 299.2 362.5 0.92 17 200 12389 -44.5 -45.3 91 0.8 -44.5 71 17 362.4 362.4 299.4 363.8 0.33 18 150 14243 -61.1 -61.2 98 0.1 -61.1 354 5 364.8 364.8 299.7 365.1 0.07 19 100 16630 -82.0 -83.1 84 1.0 -82.0 150 3 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5900.39 m Freezing level: 489.82 mb = 5753.32 m = 18875.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 510.20 mb = 5418.01 m = 17775.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.15 % Est. max temperature: 35.13 C = 95.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.01 mb = 230.69 m = 756.85 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 11.78 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 836.20 m = 2743.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.35 C Cross Totals Index: 19.06 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.78 mb = 625.44 m = 2051.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 523.78 mb = 5204.75 m = 17075.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 433.78 mb = 6712.40 m = 22022.03 ft B at Equ Level: 31.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 353.78 mb = 8298.06 m = 27224.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.5 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 32.5 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -13.8 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.22 Bulk Shear: 1.44 m/s