MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-120.68 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -120.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 1 23.8 19.0 74 4.8 20.5 52 13 295.7 298.2 293.1 335.2 13.72 1 1000 124 22.4 17.5 74 4.9 19.1 52 14 295.6 297.8 292.2 331.9 12.65 2 950 568 18.2 16.6 91 1.6 17.1 54 14 295.6 297.9 292.2 331.9 12.61 3 900 1029 16.7 13.7 82 3.0 14.8 306 2 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.9 11.02 4 850 1517 15.0 11.1 78 3.8 12.6 254 11 301.8 303.6 292.0 330.9 9.83 5 800 2027 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 256 11 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.68 6 750 2565 11.1 1.2 51 9.9 5.8 232 18 308.6 309.6 290.5 325.8 5.58 7 700 3139 9.1 -9.6 26 18.7 0.8 224 18 312.6 313.1 289.0 321.0 2.63 8 650 3749 6.8 -19.2 14 26.1 -2.6 225 15 316.7 316.9 289.0 321.0 1.28 9 600 4401 2.9 -24.5 11 27.4 -5.7 225 12 319.5 319.6 289.5 322.5 0.88 10 550 5098 -2.0 -28.3 11 26.3 -9.3 217 13 321.7 321.9 290.0 324.1 0.67 11 500 5849 -6.0 -38.1 6 32.1 -12.8 224 10 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.8 0.29 12 450 6667 -10.1 -46.4 3 36.3 -16.2 219 10 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 13 400 7564 -16.1 -52.7 3 36.6 -20.8 212 15 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 14 350 8553 -24.3 -54.5 4 30.2 -27.2 224 19 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 15 300 9657 -32.6 -56.4 7 23.9 -34.3 235 21 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 16 250 10913 -43.5 -59.3 16 15.8 -44.2 224 32 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 17 200 12373 -55.2 -63.5 35 8.3 -55.4 215 33 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14156 -67.4 -73.5 42 6.1 -67.4 209 33 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16537 -77.5 -81.8 50 4.3 -77.5 238 9 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.43 m Freezing level: 570.42 mb = 4813.67 m = 15792.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.64 mb = 3285.49 m = 10779.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.29 mb = 609.96 m = 2001.17 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.00 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.68 mb = 1550.14 m = 5085.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.04 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.94 C Cross Totals Index: 17.11 C K Index: 13.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 164.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5189.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.19 mb = 830.55 m = 2724.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: -45.5 tot: -34.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 93.77 m/s