MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 5.84,-160.17 Latitude: 5.84 Longitude: -160.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 1 28.0 23.1 75 4.9 24.4 100 16 300.3 303.5 297.2 352.7 17.89 1 1000 87 27.0 21.5 72 5.5 23.0 100 18 300.2 303.2 296.2 348.1 16.36 2 950 539 22.8 20.6 87 2.2 21.2 100 19 300.3 303.2 296.1 347.9 16.24 3 900 1008 20.0 17.0 83 3.0 17.9 99 25 302.1 304.6 294.9 342.4 13.65 4 850 1500 17.1 15.4 90 1.7 16.0 91 28 304.1 306.5 295.0 343.0 13.08 5 800 2018 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.6 78 27 307.9 310.0 295.0 342.7 11.51 6 750 2565 13.1 10.0 81 3.1 11.2 75 26 310.8 312.8 294.9 342.5 10.34 7 700 3143 10.4 7.1 80 3.3 8.3 69 23 314.0 315.7 294.8 342.2 9.08 8 650 3758 7.7 2.8 71 4.9 4.8 60 18 317.6 319.0 294.4 340.5 7.20 9 600 4416 5.0 -2.6 58 7.6 1.0 42 9 321.9 323.0 294.1 339.1 5.27 10 550 5121 1.1 -6.9 55 7.9 -2.8 9 4 325.4 326.2 294.1 339.2 4.16 11 500 5881 -3.9 -10.4 61 6.5 -6.8 35 5 328.3 329.0 294.3 340.0 3.47 12 450 6706 -8.4 -19.0 42 10.7 -12.1 26 7 332.7 333.1 294.1 339.4 1.89 13 400 7609 -14.4 -25.8 38 11.4 -17.6 15 4 336.2 336.5 294.4 340.5 1.17 14 350 8606 -22.1 -24.0 85 1.9 -22.7 297 10 338.9 339.3 295.4 344.7 1.57 15 300 9720 -30.5 -31.8 88 1.3 -30.7 291 9 342.4 342.6 295.7 345.8 0.89 16 250 10988 -40.9 -40.9 100 -0.0 -40.9 304 16 345.2 345.3 296.0 346.9 0.43 17 200 12462 -53.9 -55.1 86 1.3 -53.9 289 21 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.9 0.11 18 150 14249 -67.5 -71.8 54 4.3 -67.5 280 40 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16597 -78.7 -82.9 50 4.3 -78.7 329 21 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.29 m Freezing level: 539.25 mb = 5284.78 m = 17338.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.66 mb = 4598.03 m = 15085.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.41 mb = 617.57 m = 2026.13 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1162.95 m = 3815.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 33.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.52 mb = 888.30 m = 2914.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 407.52 mb = 7466.27 m = 24495.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.52 mb = 11610.23 m = 38090.85 ft B at Equ Level: 88.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.52 mb = 13562.54 m = 44496.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 106.7 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -56.3 tot: -53.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.21 Bulk Shear: 6.73 m/s