MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z MON 3 NOV 25 Station: 18.31,-125.48 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -125.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 23.7 20.2 81 3.4 21.3 55 11 295.3 297.9 293.8 337.8 14.82 1 1000 158 22.2 18.6 80 3.5 19.8 56 13 295.3 297.8 292.9 334.5 13.64 2 950 603 18.9 16.6 87 2.2 17.4 69 12 296.3 298.6 292.4 332.8 12.63 3 900 1066 16.2 13.8 86 2.4 14.6 76 9 298.2 300.2 291.8 330.4 11.06 4 850 1554 17.1 5.2 45 11.9 10.3 51 10 304.1 305.3 289.9 323.8 6.54 5 800 2069 14.9 4.4 49 10.5 8.9 64 12 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.0 6.55 6 750 2613 11.9 3.4 56 8.6 7.1 82 14 309.5 310.8 291.6 329.6 6.51 7 700 3186 8.0 0.4 59 7.6 3.9 96 16 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.62 8 650 3793 3.2 0.1 80 3.1 1.5 105 15 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.1 5.93 9 600 4438 -1.1 -1.2 99 0.1 -1.2 127 15 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.4 5.86 10 550 5126 -6.4 -7.4 92 1.0 -6.8 137 18 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.4 3.99 11 500 5864 -11.2 -16.2 66 5.0 -12.9 148 19 319.4 319.9 290.7 326.7 2.16 12 450 6666 -16.0 -17.0 92 1.0 -16.4 175 28 323.1 323.5 291.9 330.6 2.24 13 400 7542 -22.2 -22.3 99 0.1 -22.2 210 22 326.1 326.5 292.2 331.7 1.60 14 350 8512 -28.2 -38.4 37 10.2 -29.6 243 40 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.2 0.40 15 300 9598 -36.5 -53.0 17 16.5 -37.6 241 36 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.09 16 250 10837 -45.3 -61.5 15 16.2 -45.9 236 27 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12292 -55.2 -67.2 21 12.0 -55.4 238 25 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14093 -62.4 -77.2 12 14.8 -62.6 243 23 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16552 -69.6 -83.6 11 14.0 -69.6 190 11 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.33 m Freezing level: 612.69 mb = 4274.27 m = 14023.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.37 mb = 4155.96 m = 13634.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.83 mb = 432.66 m = 1419.48 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 1050.88 m = 3447.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.41 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 25.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.67 mb = 797.11 m = 2615.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.67 mb = 4388.65 m = 14398.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.67 mb = 8233.63 m = 27012.89 ft B at Equ Level: 160.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.67 mb = 10738.11 m = 35229.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 103.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 133.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.92 Bulk Shear: 13.48 m/s