MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 18.64,176.56 Latitude: 18.64 Longitude: 176.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 27.5 23.6 79 3.9 24.6 105 15 299.6 302.9 297.4 353.5 18.42 1 1000 109 26.3 22.3 79 4.0 23.4 105 17 299.4 302.5 296.5 349.6 17.16 2 950 560 22.1 21.3 95 0.8 21.5 105 17 299.6 302.7 296.4 349.2 16.98 3 900 1029 19.8 17.5 87 2.3 18.2 108 19 301.9 304.5 295.1 343.6 14.13 4 850 1521 17.4 14.0 80 3.4 15.2 107 18 304.4 306.6 294.3 340.0 11.95 5 800 2038 14.8 10.9 77 3.9 12.3 101 18 306.9 308.8 293.8 337.8 10.26 6 750 2582 11.9 7.5 75 4.4 9.2 94 17 309.5 311.1 293.4 336.2 8.74 7 700 3157 8.8 3.7 70 5.1 5.9 90 15 312.2 313.6 292.9 334.5 7.16 8 650 3768 5.3 -0.7 65 6.0 2.1 87 14 315.0 316.0 292.4 332.7 5.59 9 600 4417 1.2 -5.0 63 6.2 -1.8 81 13 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.40 10 550 5112 -2.7 -9.3 60 6.6 -5.6 71 12 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.43 11 500 5863 -5.9 -16.5 43 10.6 -9.8 68 12 325.9 326.3 292.6 333.1 2.10 12 450 6683 -9.5 -24.7 28 15.2 -14.0 69 14 331.3 331.5 293.2 335.4 1.15 13 400 7583 -15.4 -28.8 31 13.4 -18.7 55 17 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.2 0.89 14 350 8576 -23.0 -32.4 42 9.3 -24.9 33 16 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.72 15 300 9684 -32.5 -37.0 64 4.5 -33.1 12 18 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.6 0.53 16 250 10941 -42.6 -45.0 77 2.4 -42.8 4 22 342.7 342.8 295.3 343.8 0.27 17 200 12406 -54.9 -58.1 68 3.1 -55.1 348 21 345.7 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.08 18 150 14181 -70.0 -71.2 84 1.2 -69.9 319 17 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 19 100 16540 -77.2 -81.7 48 4.5 -77.3 5 12 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.27 m Freezing level: 584.46 mb = 4633.24 m = 15200.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.88 mb = 4113.48 m = 13495.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.57 mb = 490.21 m = 1608.28 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 21.79 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 905.89 m = 2972.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: 0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 984.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.07 mb = 725.42 m = 2379.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.07 mb = 1550.73 m = 5087.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 157.07 mb = 13896.97 m = 45593.19 ft B at Equ Level: 980.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 92.4 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 122.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -20.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: -13.2 tot: -8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 479.70 Bulk Shear: 2.05 m/s