MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 24.02,-79.15 Latitude: 24.02 Longitude: -79.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.4 21.8 71 5.6 23.3 84 16 299.2 302.2 296.0 346.9 16.37 1 1000 142 25.9 19.9 69 6.0 21.6 84 17 299.0 301.7 294.8 342.0 14.74 2 950 592 21.6 18.9 85 2.7 19.8 84 17 299.1 301.8 294.7 341.8 14.64 3 900 1059 18.4 15.5 84 2.8 16.5 77 16 300.4 302.7 293.6 336.9 12.42 4 850 1549 17.6 8.2 54 9.3 11.9 63 11 304.5 306.0 291.4 328.8 8.08 5 800 2065 14.9 6.0 55 8.9 9.6 58 11 307.0 308.4 291.5 329.4 7.35 6 750 2609 11.8 3.0 55 8.8 6.8 52 10 309.4 310.6 291.4 328.9 6.34 7 700 3182 8.0 2.5 68 5.5 4.9 46 7 311.4 312.6 292.2 331.7 6.55 8 650 3790 4.2 0.0 74 4.2 2.0 56 5 313.8 314.9 292.3 332.3 5.90 9 600 4438 0.7 -4.4 69 5.1 -1.8 48 6 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.7 4.61 10 550 5132 -3.7 -8.5 69 4.8 -5.8 29 4 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.7 3.65 11 500 5879 -8.2 -12.3 72 4.1 -9.8 338 1 323.1 323.6 292.5 333.0 2.98 12 450 6689 -13.6 -18.6 66 5.0 -15.3 145 1 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.8 1.96 13 400 7573 -19.6 -22.8 76 3.2 -20.4 319 15 329.5 329.9 293.0 335.0 1.53 14 350 8557 -25.1 -25.7 95 0.5 -25.3 239 27 334.9 335.1 294.3 339.7 1.35 15 300 9657 -33.5 -33.5 100 0.0 -33.5 239 31 338.1 338.3 294.6 341.0 0.75 16 250 10911 -42.3 -46.1 67 3.7 -42.6 249 39 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12384 -53.4 -57.4 61 4.0 -53.5 248 44 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.08 18 150 14180 -65.4 -75.7 23 10.3 -65.5 274 33 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16560 -76.5 -82.5 38 6.0 -76.5 300 18 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.52 m Freezing level: 592.23 mb = 4545.98 m = 14914.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.59 mb = 4126.10 m = 13536.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.55 mb = 714.95 m = 2345.60 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 18.14 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1695.06 m = 5561.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.28 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 16.43 C K Index: 28.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 398.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.63 mb = 957.52 m = 3141.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.63 mb = 3115.69 m = 10221.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.63 mb = 9994.63 m = 32790.39 ft B at Equ Level: 397.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.63 mb = 13195.42 m = 43291.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.3 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 93.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: -24.2 tot: -23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 33.80 Bulk Shear: 11.80 m/s