MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.51,-125.56 Latitude: 18.51 Longitude: -125.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 1 23.6 20.1 81 3.5 21.2 81 12 295.3 298.0 293.7 337.6 14.72 1 1000 147 22.1 18.9 82 3.2 19.9 80 13 295.3 297.8 293.1 335.1 13.87 2 950 590 18.3 17.4 95 0.9 17.7 84 12 295.8 298.1 292.8 334.0 13.29 3 900 1054 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 119 8 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.1 11.93 4 850 1539 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 172 7 300.5 302.5 292.5 333.0 11.06 5 800 2049 11.5 9.8 89 1.7 10.4 211 12 303.4 305.2 292.2 331.9 9.56 6 750 2588 9.5 2.2 60 7.3 5.5 219 21 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.3 5.99 7 700 3158 7.5 -19.0 13 26.5 -1.9 226 21 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.8 1.21 8 650 3765 5.6 -32.1 5 37.7 -4.5 244 16 315.4 315.4 287.7 316.8 0.40 9 600 4415 2.9 -37.8 3 40.7 -6.7 260 15 319.4 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.24 10 550 5113 -1.0 -41.1 3 40.1 -9.5 276 14 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.19 11 500 5865 -6.0 -43.8 3 37.7 -13.0 260 16 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.16 12 450 6681 -11.5 -45.7 4 34.2 -17.0 252 19 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.14 13 400 7572 -18.0 -37.5 17 19.4 -21.5 253 28 331.5 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.38 14 350 8554 -25.7 -42.0 20 16.3 -27.8 255 29 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.2 0.27 15 300 9654 -33.4 -50.5 16 17.1 -34.8 265 38 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.12 16 250 10905 -44.0 -56.2 25 12.2 -44.5 284 34 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12363 -55.7 -63.2 39 7.5 -55.9 265 37 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14146 -65.4 -74.4 28 9.0 -65.5 250 35 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16555 -73.9 -83.5 21 9.7 -73.9 262 29 385.0 385.0 303.1 385.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.81 m Freezing level: 563.13 mb = 4930.02 m = 16174.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.56 mb = 3010.79 m = 9877.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.14 mb = 444.63 m = 1458.75 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 891.57 m = 2925.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 6.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3851.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.13 mb = 689.00 m = 2260.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 107.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 93.00 m/s