MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 3 OCT 25 Station: 30.95,-157.54 Latitude: 30.95 Longitude: -157.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 24.2 20.2 78 4.0 21.4 197 13 295.9 298.5 293.9 338.3 14.75 1 1000 152 22.8 18.5 77 4.3 19.9 196 16 295.9 298.4 293.0 334.9 13.53 2 950 597 19.1 16.6 85 2.5 17.5 195 16 296.6 298.9 292.5 333.0 12.61 3 900 1061 16.3 14.0 86 2.3 14.8 204 16 298.3 300.4 292.0 331.0 11.24 4 850 1546 13.7 11.2 85 2.5 12.1 209 14 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.6 9.87 5 800 2055 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.5 211 14 302.8 304.4 291.3 328.8 8.73 6 750 2592 8.3 4.1 75 4.3 5.9 217 17 305.6 306.9 290.6 326.3 6.84 7 700 3159 5.3 -1.0 64 6.3 2.1 218 18 308.3 309.3 290.0 324.0 5.08 8 650 3761 2.0 -3.5 67 5.5 -0.7 223 17 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.5 4.55 9 600 4403 -1.8 -7.0 67 5.2 -4.1 230 19 314.1 314.8 290.6 326.2 3.78 10 550 5091 -5.5 -10.3 69 4.8 -7.5 236 21 317.6 318.2 291.1 327.9 3.18 11 500 5833 -9.7 -16.4 58 6.8 -12.0 238 24 321.2 321.7 291.3 328.4 2.12 12 450 6638 -14.5 -24.9 41 10.4 -17.3 242 27 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.12 13 400 7520 -20.3 -30.4 40 10.1 -22.4 244 24 328.6 328.8 292.1 331.4 0.76 14 350 8496 -27.7 -31.5 70 3.8 -28.4 260 25 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.3 0.79 15 300 9583 -36.4 -38.1 84 1.7 -36.6 256 32 334.1 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.48 16 250 10820 -46.3 -48.6 77 2.3 -46.4 232 35 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.19 17 200 12266 -55.3 -65.1 28 9.8 -55.5 246 36 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14077 -61.9 -76.9 12 14.9 -62.1 280 26 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16539 -68.3 -83.0 10 14.7 -68.4 272 17 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.60 m Freezing level: 623.47 mb = 4101.74 m = 13456.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.41 mb = 3607.57 m = 11835.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.38 mb = 511.89 m = 1679.41 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 895.90 mb = 1099.36 m = 3606.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.30 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.46 mb = 849.26 m = 2786.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.46 mb = 1873.64 m = 6147.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 457.46 mb = 6512.58 m = 21366.48 ft B at Equ Level: 75.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 317.46 mb = 9183.87 m = 30130.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.3 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 250.3 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.51 Bulk Shear: 7.25 m/s