MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-124.93 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -124.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 24.0 20.9 83 3.2 21.8 80 12 295.9 298.7 294.4 340.4 15.48 1 1000 130 22.8 19.6 82 3.2 20.5 82 14 295.9 298.5 293.7 337.5 14.46 2 950 575 18.9 18.3 96 0.6 18.5 93 14 296.4 298.9 293.6 336.9 14.05 3 900 1039 16.9 16.2 95 0.7 16.4 124 10 298.9 301.3 293.5 336.7 12.96 4 850 1526 14.6 13.4 93 1.2 13.8 156 8 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.3 11.48 5 800 2038 12.1 9.5 84 2.6 10.5 192 6 304.1 305.8 292.3 332.1 9.38 6 750 2577 10.5 3.2 60 7.3 6.5 219 11 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.8 6.44 7 700 3149 7.7 -4.7 41 12.4 1.7 227 14 311.0 311.8 289.8 323.2 3.85 8 650 3757 6.1 -28.5 6 34.6 -4.0 240 14 315.9 316.0 288.1 317.9 0.56 9 600 4408 2.6 -36.9 4 39.5 -6.8 251 12 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.27 10 550 5105 -1.7 -39.2 4 37.5 -9.9 269 12 322.0 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.23 11 500 5855 -6.4 -40.8 5 34.4 -13.2 262 19 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.22 12 450 6671 -10.9 -37.5 9 26.6 -16.3 244 31 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 13 400 7564 -17.8 -33.2 25 15.5 -20.9 242 31 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.1 0.58 14 350 8549 -23.9 -47.6 9 23.8 -26.7 247 39 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.15 15 300 9654 -33.2 -52.2 13 19.0 -34.7 270 36 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.10 16 250 10904 -44.2 -56.9 23 12.7 -44.7 270 40 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.7 0.07 17 200 12360 -56.1 -61.8 48 5.8 -56.2 241 43 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.05 18 150 14142 -65.6 -73.8 31 8.2 -65.7 257 43 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16552 -75.7 -83.7 27 8.0 -75.7 262 34 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.71 m Freezing level: 569.90 mb = 4827.47 m = 15837.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.96 mb = 3327.31 m = 10916.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.28 mb = 400.39 m = 1313.60 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 22.58 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 781.99 m = 2565.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.14 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 22.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3486.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.22 mb = 654.42 m = 2147.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 78.03 m/s