MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 18.28,-153.51 Latitude: 18.28 Longitude: -153.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25.6 21.0 76 4.6 22.3 102 10 297.4 300.2 294.9 342.4 15.54 1 1000 140 24.2 19.6 75 4.6 21.0 102 11 297.4 300.0 294.1 339.3 14.50 2 950 587 20.0 18.5 91 1.5 19.0 101 10 297.5 300.1 294.0 338.7 14.23 3 900 1053 19.1 12.8 67 6.4 15.0 89 5 301.2 303.1 292.2 331.8 10.36 4 850 1544 16.9 14.4 85 2.6 15.3 354 1 303.9 306.2 294.4 340.2 12.20 5 800 2060 14.7 12.2 85 2.4 13.1 270 1 306.8 308.9 294.5 340.7 11.27 6 750 2605 12.5 8.5 77 3.9 10.0 206 1 310.1 311.9 294.0 338.7 9.35 7 700 3183 9.9 4.1 67 5.8 6.5 178 3 313.5 314.9 293.4 336.4 7.36 8 650 3796 6.8 0.4 64 6.4 3.3 189 4 316.6 317.8 293.3 335.9 6.07 9 600 4449 2.7 -1.9 72 4.5 0.3 207 5 319.2 320.3 293.6 337.1 5.57 10 550 5148 -1.5 -6.2 70 4.7 -3.7 186 10 322.3 323.2 293.5 336.7 4.37 11 500 5902 -6.1 -10.2 72 4.2 -7.9 190 14 325.7 326.4 293.7 337.4 3.51 12 450 6721 -9.8 -14.4 69 4.6 -11.6 204 17 330.9 331.5 294.4 340.5 2.78 13 400 7621 -15.8 -21.9 59 6.1 -17.7 183 20 334.5 334.8 294.4 340.4 1.65 14 350 8611 -24.2 -25.8 87 1.6 -24.6 203 18 336.1 336.3 294.6 340.9 1.34 15 300 9716 -32.2 -37.3 61 5.1 -32.9 238 25 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.0 0.52 16 250 10977 -41.8 -46.5 61 4.6 -42.2 198 22 343.9 343.9 295.5 344.8 0.24 17 200 12448 -53.6 -59.8 47 6.2 -53.8 209 25 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14238 -67.7 -72.0 54 4.3 -67.8 194 31 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16623 -75.5 -83.5 27 8.1 -75.5 191 16 381.9 381.9 302.6 382.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.61 m Freezing level: 567.86 mb = 4898.65 m = 16071.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.81 mb = 4492.03 m = 14737.46 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.65 mb = 590.22 m = 1936.40 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1750.13 m = 5741.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.29 C = 91.92 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.99 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 31.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3164.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.60 mb = 867.66 m = 2846.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 197.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -20.8 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 11.75 m/s