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: 4.32,161.56 Latitude: 4.32 Longitude: 161.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 0 29.1 23.3 71 5.8 24.9 120 13 301.7 305.0 297.8 355.4 18.20 1 1000 55 28.4 21.8 67 6.7 23.6 120 14 301.6 304.6 296.7 350.6 16.62 2 950 509 24.1 20.7 82 3.3 21.7 120 15 301.6 304.6 296.6 349.9 16.41 3 900 980 19.8 18.9 94 0.9 19.2 119 15 302.0 304.8 296.1 347.5 15.45 4 850 1473 19.1 10.2 56 9.0 13.4 113 13 306.2 307.9 292.8 333.9 9.20 5 800 1992 16.3 7.0 54 9.3 10.7 105 11 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.6 7.89 6 750 2539 13.3 4.2 54 9.1 8.0 92 9 311.0 312.3 292.3 332.4 6.90 7 700 3116 10.0 2.1 58 7.8 5.5 77 7 313.5 314.7 292.7 333.5 6.39 8 650 3728 6.3 0.7 67 5.6 3.2 55 7 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.7 6.20 9 600 4381 2.7 -1.9 72 4.6 0.3 28 9 319.2 320.3 293.6 337.0 5.54 10 550 5081 -0.9 -6.0 68 5.1 -3.4 18 12 323.0 323.9 293.7 337.6 4.44 11 500 5837 -4.6 -17.0 37 12.4 -9.2 22 11 327.5 327.9 292.9 334.4 2.01 12 450 6658 -9.8 -22.2 35 12.5 -13.7 32 16 331.0 331.3 293.3 336.1 1.43 13 400 7558 -14.6 -36.7 13 22.1 -19.1 34 12 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.41 14 350 8557 -20.8 -38.2 19 17.5 -23.8 344 11 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.4 0.40 15 300 9675 -30.1 -44.4 24 14.3 -31.8 313 5 342.9 343.0 295.3 343.9 0.25 16 250 10945 -40.4 -40.9 95 0.5 -40.5 241 17 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.7 0.43 17 200 12424 -52.4 -58.3 49 5.9 -52.6 251 20 349.8 349.8 296.7 350.1 0.07 18 150 14220 -67.3 -69.4 74 2.2 -67.3 307 27 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16567 -81.0 -83.5 65 2.6 -81.0 265 41 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.52 m Freezing level: 562.88 mb = 4900.81 m = 16078.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.50 mb = 4428.19 m = 14527.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.81 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.78 mb = 733.79 m = 2407.41 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1540.56 m = 5054.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.95 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 14.73 C K Index: 26.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 488.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.44 mb = 946.80 m = 3106.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.44 mb = 2668.62 m = 8755.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.44 mb = 12150.12 m = 39862.12 ft B at Equ Level: 488.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.44 mb = 15587.62 m = 51139.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 76.3 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 106.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -7.0 tot: -7.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 38.47 Bulk Shear: 12.71 m/s