MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 23.97,-76.96 Latitude: 23.97 Longitude: -76.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 27.1 22.7 77 4.4 23.9 113 14 298.9 302.0 296.5 349.4 17.33 1 1000 144 25.5 21.1 77 4.4 22.4 113 15 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.3 15.99 2 950 593 21.8 19.3 86 2.5 20.1 114 15 299.3 302.0 295.0 342.9 14.96 3 900 1062 19.0 16.4 85 2.7 17.2 117 13 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.7 13.11 4 850 1552 16.3 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 128 11 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.3 11.84 5 800 2066 14.0 9.6 75 4.4 11.3 138 8 306.1 307.9 292.9 334.5 9.44 6 750 2609 11.6 2.9 55 8.8 6.7 137 3 309.2 310.4 291.3 328.6 6.28 7 700 3183 8.5 0.2 56 8.3 4.0 171 1 311.9 312.9 291.5 329.2 5.53 8 650 3792 5.9 -6.2 41 12.1 0.1 112 3 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.6 3.69 9 600 4444 3.3 -20.3 16 23.6 -5.0 323 1 319.9 320.1 290.0 324.2 1.26 10 550 5142 -1.7 -26.0 14 24.3 -8.9 296 2 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.0 0.83 11 500 5892 -7.1 -31.9 12 24.8 -13.1 219 1 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.2 0.53 12 450 6705 -11.8 -36.6 11 24.8 -16.8 265 9 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.37 13 400 7598 -17.0 -55.8 2 38.8 -21.5 290 12 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 14 350 8586 -23.4 -53.7 4 30.3 -26.5 296 15 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 15 300 9694 -32.0 -45.7 24 13.7 -33.4 287 17 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 16 250 10952 -42.6 -54.3 27 11.7 -43.2 290 18 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.2 0.10 17 200 12419 -54.0 -62.3 35 8.3 -54.2 277 21 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14211 -66.6 -73.8 36 7.2 -66.7 305 19 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16584 -77.1 -83.1 38 6.0 -77.1 289 3 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.50 m Freezing level: 567.39 mb = 4899.38 m = 16073.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.66 mb = 3808.93 m = 12496.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.64 mb = 559.82 m = 1836.66 ft T: 22.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 20.79 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1136.35 m = 3728.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 28.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.68 mb = 864.82 m = 2837.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.68 mb = 2769.51 m = 9086.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 645.68 mb = 3846.38 m = 12619.21 ft B at Equ Level: 13.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.68 mb = 13226.23 m = 43392.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.5 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 152.5 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: -2.0 tot: 5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 17.70 Bulk Shear: 11.33 m/s