MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 20.42,-157.54 Latitude: 20.42 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 1015 1 25.1 20.3 74 4.9 21.7 73 5 297.0 299.7 294.3 340.0 14.90 1 1000 134 23.7 19.4 77 4.4 20.7 73 6 296.9 299.5 293.9 338.1 14.29 2 950 580 19.5 18.4 93 1.1 18.7 73 5 297.0 299.5 293.7 337.7 14.11 3 900 1045 17.1 14.1 82 3.1 15.1 80 4 299.2 301.2 292.3 332.1 11.28 4 850 1531 15.0 10.3 74 4.7 12.1 78 3 301.8 303.5 291.5 329.3 9.29 5 800 2043 12.2 7.1 71 5.1 9.2 60 3 304.2 305.6 291.2 328.0 7.95 6 750 2582 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 5.9 57 2 306.6 307.9 290.7 326.4 6.47 7 700 3151 6.4 -2.0 55 8.4 2.2 40 2 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.3 4.72 8 650 3755 3.1 -6.6 49 9.8 -1.3 359 0 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.9 3.58 9 600 4400 -0.5 -10.6 46 10.1 -4.7 209 1 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.7 2.83 10 550 5090 -4.5 -15.2 43 10.7 -8.4 279 1 318.8 319.2 290.5 325.9 2.14 11 500 5834 -8.8 -19.3 42 10.5 -12.2 352 3 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.66 12 450 6642 -14.2 -24.7 41 10.5 -17.0 333 5 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.4 1.15 13 400 7524 -20.3 -35.0 26 14.7 -22.9 297 6 328.6 328.7 291.8 330.4 0.49 14 350 8499 -27.3 -40.9 26 13.6 -29.1 284 16 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 15 300 9589 -36.3 -39.9 69 3.7 -36.7 277 24 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.40 16 250 10828 -45.5 -52.6 45 7.0 -45.9 277 40 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 17 200 12277 -56.8 -61.4 56 4.6 -56.9 268 55 342.8 342.9 295.0 343.1 0.05 18 150 14051 -66.8 -73.5 38 6.7 -66.9 267 53 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16484 -68.2 -83.1 10 15.0 -68.3 262 14 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.38 m Freezing level: 607.35 mb = 4304.83 m = 14123.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.89 mb = 3521.74 m = 11554.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.06 mb = 615.85 m = 2020.48 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 1011.09 m = 3317.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 2.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 242.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.76 mb = 783.69 m = 2571.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.76 mb = 2224.84 m = 7299.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.76 mb = 10235.73 m = 33581.38 ft B at Equ Level: 238.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.76 mb = 12504.45 m = 41024.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 58.8 at 2.3 knts Storm direction: 88.8 at 1.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -0.8 tot: -0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 161.51 Bulk Shear: 1.50 m/s