MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 23.93,-79.36 Latitude: 23.93 Longitude: -79.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 27.8 23.6 78 4.3 24.7 82 11 299.8 303.1 297.4 353.5 18.35 1 1000 127 26.5 22.3 78 4.2 23.5 82 12 299.6 302.8 296.6 349.9 17.18 2 950 578 22.3 21.1 93 1.3 21.5 84 13 299.8 302.9 296.4 348.9 16.77 3 900 1048 20.1 16.5 80 3.6 17.7 84 14 302.2 304.6 294.6 341.2 13.22 4 850 1540 17.6 12.0 70 5.6 14.0 83 13 304.6 306.6 293.3 335.9 10.45 5 800 2057 15.4 4.6 49 10.8 9.2 82 11 307.6 308.8 291.2 328.0 6.68 6 750 2601 12.5 -0.1 42 12.7 5.8 87 9 310.2 311.1 290.5 325.9 5.05 7 700 3176 9.0 -3.5 41 12.5 2.7 92 7 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.21 8 650 3785 5.1 -8.4 37 13.5 -0.9 91 3 314.8 315.4 290.2 324.8 3.12 9 600 4433 1.0 -14.1 31 15.1 -4.9 57 1 317.3 317.7 290.1 324.4 2.15 10 550 5127 -3.3 -16.0 37 12.6 -7.9 341 3 320.1 320.5 290.8 326.9 2.00 11 500 5874 -7.7 -22.2 30 14.5 -12.1 312 4 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.1 1.29 12 450 6686 -12.4 -21.3 47 8.9 -15.2 290 10 327.6 327.9 292.5 333.0 1.54 13 400 7577 -17.9 -24.4 57 6.5 -19.7 271 14 331.7 331.9 293.4 336.4 1.32 14 350 8562 -24.6 -26.4 85 1.8 -25.0 244 22 335.6 335.9 294.4 340.2 1.26 15 300 9666 -32.3 -41.0 41 8.8 -33.3 236 33 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.3 0.35 16 250 10929 -41.4 -55.4 21 14.0 -42.1 253 34 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 17 200 12403 -53.2 -62.4 32 9.2 -53.4 255 35 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14196 -66.6 -75.1 29 8.5 -66.7 257 29 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16571 -77.5 -82.4 45 5.0 -77.5 233 18 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.14 m Freezing level: 588.51 mb = 4592.75 m = 15067.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.63 mb = 3627.09 m = 11899.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.00 mb = 541.39 m = 1776.18 ft T: 22.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 29.09 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1070.65 m = 3512.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 24.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1067.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.12 mb = 790.17 m = 2592.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.12 mb = 2356.00 m = 7729.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.12 mb = 12333.41 m = 40463.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1063.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 79.0 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 109.0 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -3.4 tot: -0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 308.86 Bulk Shear: 3.46 m/s