MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.65,-123.59 Latitude: 18.65 Longitude: -123.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.6 79 10 296.2 298.7 293.3 335.9 13.79 1 1000 114 22.9 17.7 73 5.1 19.4 79 10 296.0 298.3 292.5 333.0 12.86 2 950 558 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.4 82 10 296.1 298.4 292.5 333.0 12.82 3 900 1021 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.8 98 4 297.6 299.7 291.9 330.8 11.45 4 850 1506 13.8 11.2 84 2.6 12.2 234 6 300.6 302.5 291.6 329.8 9.89 5 800 2016 11.8 9.5 86 2.3 10.3 233 14 303.7 305.4 292.1 331.5 9.33 6 750 2555 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 221 21 307.0 308.7 293.1 335.1 9.27 7 700 3126 7.7 -10.6 26 18.4 -0.0 230 24 311.1 311.5 288.4 318.9 2.43 8 650 3734 5.7 -32.9 4 38.7 -4.5 237 23 315.5 315.5 287.7 316.8 0.37 9 600 4384 2.8 -28.0 8 30.8 -6.1 234 24 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.6 0.64 10 550 5082 -1.6 -35.3 6 33.6 -9.6 230 23 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.35 11 500 5833 -6.3 -40.3 5 34.0 -13.1 235 24 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.23 12 450 6648 -11.1 -44.9 4 33.8 -16.7 234 26 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.16 13 400 7542 -16.7 -48.9 4 32.3 -21.1 231 30 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 14 350 8531 -24.2 -43.4 15 19.2 -26.8 233 32 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.23 15 300 9634 -33.0 -49.4 18 16.3 -34.4 231 36 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.14 16 250 10886 -44.2 -54.9 29 10.8 -44.7 227 38 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.09 17 200 12344 -54.8 -63.9 32 9.1 -55.0 219 40 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14133 -65.7 -74.8 27 9.1 -65.8 236 34 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16530 -75.9 -83.6 29 7.6 -76.0 224 22 381.0 381.0 302.4 381.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.71 m Freezing level: 568.60 mb = 4822.30 m = 15821.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.22 mb = 3123.79 m = 10248.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.23 mb = 646.79 m = 2121.99 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 18.27 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 965.17 m = 3166.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.70 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.55 C K Index: 13.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4942.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.57 mb = 818.19 m = 2684.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 97.56 m/s