MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 24.25,-66.73 Latitude: 24.25 Longitude: -66.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -269 SFC 970 -0 26.8 25.3 92 1.5 25.7 113 39 302.5 306.5 299.8 366.0 21.35 2 950 185 24.8 23.6 93 1.1 23.9 120 52 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.6 19.66 3 900 659 21.6 21.6 100 0.0 21.6 127 57 303.8 307.2 298.4 358.4 18.32 4 850 1155 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.2 134 57 306.4 309.5 298.0 356.5 16.67 5 800 1677 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 138 58 309.7 312.6 298.1 356.8 15.50 6 750 2229 15.2 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 145 59 313.1 315.9 298.2 357.7 14.43 7 700 2813 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 148 54 316.6 319.2 298.2 357.7 13.12 8 650 3434 10.0 9.4 96 0.5 9.6 144 44 320.2 322.5 298.1 356.8 11.51 9 600 4098 6.5 5.9 96 0.5 6.1 133 37 323.6 325.5 297.7 355.1 9.79 10 550 4808 2.9 2.2 95 0.7 2.5 133 40 327.5 329.1 297.5 354.3 8.17 11 500 5577 -0.2 -1.3 93 1.1 -0.9 138 40 332.8 334.2 298.0 356.2 6.99 12 450 6417 -3.7 -5.6 87 1.9 -4.7 142 38 338.6 339.8 298.3 358.0 5.62 13 400 7341 -8.3 -10.6 84 2.3 -9.4 146 37 344.2 345.1 298.6 359.4 4.27 14 350 8366 -14.6 -16.6 85 2.0 -15.4 146 36 349.1 349.8 298.7 360.1 2.99 15 300 9517 -22.4 -23.4 92 1.0 -22.7 142 34 353.8 354.2 299.0 361.2 1.94 16 250 10829 -32.2 -32.6 96 0.4 -32.3 138 35 358.2 358.4 299.1 362.1 0.98 17 200 12363 -44.8 -45.0 97 0.2 -44.8 135 35 361.9 362.0 299.4 363.3 0.35 18 150 14215 -61.6 -61.7 98 0.2 -61.6 140 33 364.0 364.1 299.5 364.3 0.06 19 100 16595 -82.8 -83.9 83 1.1 -82.8 188 19 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.74 m Freezing level: 503.74 mb = 5519.83 m = 18109.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 512.98 mb = 5370.64 m = 17620.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.52 C = 90.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.06 mb = 184.78 m = 606.22 ft T: 24.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.13 mb = 551.50 m = 1809.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 38.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.59 C Cross Totals Index: 19.40 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.25 mb = 540.78 m = 1774.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.25 mb = 588.95 m = 1932.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.25 mb = 6117.22 m = 20069.36 ft B at Equ Level: 123.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.25 mb = 10084.55 m = 33085.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 136.9 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 166.9 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.6 neg: -14.2 tot: 329.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 25.93 m/s