MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 22 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-68.07 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -68.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 5 26.8 22.8 79 4.1 23.9 122 15 298.9 302.1 296.6 350.0 17.50 1 1000 114 25.6 21.2 77 4.4 22.5 120 17 298.8 301.7 295.6 345.5 16.05 2 950 564 21.7 19.7 88 2.0 20.3 116 18 299.3 302.1 295.3 344.1 15.38 3 900 1032 18.6 17.1 91 1.4 17.6 107 19 300.6 303.2 294.6 341.1 13.79 4 850 1522 16.1 13.9 87 2.2 14.7 100 20 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.1 11.84 5 800 2036 13.4 9.3 76 4.1 10.9 95 24 305.4 307.1 292.6 333.1 9.21 6 750 2577 10.6 7.5 82 3.0 8.8 97 26 308.0 309.7 293.0 334.6 8.73 7 700 3151 8.1 6.5 90 1.6 7.1 104 24 311.4 313.1 293.9 338.3 8.71 8 650 3761 5.1 4.7 98 0.3 4.9 112 21 314.7 316.3 294.5 340.6 8.30 9 600 4411 1.7 1.6 99 0.1 1.6 118 17 318.1 319.4 294.5 340.8 7.16 10 550 5110 -1.7 -1.9 99 0.2 -1.8 114 13 322.0 323.2 294.7 341.7 6.06 11 500 5864 -5.3 -5.9 95 0.6 -5.6 109 14 326.6 327.6 295.0 343.0 4.93 12 450 6686 -9.7 -10.3 95 0.6 -10.0 106 13 331.0 331.8 295.3 344.2 3.87 13 400 7586 -15.0 -15.5 96 0.5 -15.2 128 10 335.5 336.1 295.6 345.6 2.86 14 350 8584 -21.6 -21.9 98 0.2 -21.7 160 8 339.6 340.0 295.8 346.4 1.89 15 300 9700 -30.4 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.4 199 8 342.5 342.7 295.8 346.3 1.00 16 250 10968 -40.8 -41.4 94 0.6 -40.8 245 15 345.5 345.6 296.0 347.1 0.41 17 200 12447 -53.1 -53.3 98 0.2 -53.1 227 27 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.2 0.13 18 150 14232 -68.6 -69.7 85 1.1 -68.6 263 33 351.9 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16569 -81.0 -83.2 69 2.2 -81.0 324 14 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.94 m Freezing level: 575.32 mb = 4756.10 m = 15603.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.63 mb = 4730.20 m = 15518.83 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.86 mb = 519.30 m = 1703.73 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 953.65 m = 3128.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.43 mb = 809.67 m = 2656.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.43 mb = 1239.99 m = 4068.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 458.43 mb = 6540.90 m = 21459.38 ft B at Equ Level: 148.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 258.43 mb = 10737.37 m = 35227.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 107.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 137.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 61.29 Bulk Shear: 2.42 m/s