MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 18.38,-125.24 Latitude: 18.38 Longitude: -125.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 23.8 21.3 86 2.6 22.1 78 13 295.7 298.5 294.6 341.3 15.86 1 1000 136 22.5 20.0 86 2.5 20.8 78 16 295.7 298.4 294.0 338.5 14.91 2 950 581 19.5 18.1 92 1.4 18.5 90 13 296.9 299.5 293.6 337.1 13.88 3 900 1046 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 117 8 299.5 301.8 293.3 336.2 12.53 4 850 1533 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 138 6 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.7 11.75 5 800 2045 12.5 8.6 77 3.9 10.1 213 6 304.4 306.1 291.9 330.8 8.81 6 750 2584 9.6 3.2 64 6.4 6.1 241 12 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.7 6.44 7 700 3155 7.6 -9.4 29 17.1 0.2 238 17 310.9 311.4 288.6 319.5 2.67 8 650 3762 5.7 -26.1 8 31.8 -4.0 239 14 315.4 315.5 288.1 317.8 0.70 9 600 4413 2.8 -36.7 4 39.4 -6.8 235 10 319.3 319.4 288.8 320.3 0.28 10 550 5110 -1.8 -35.8 5 34.1 -9.7 248 11 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.2 0.33 11 500 5861 -6.1 -40.3 5 34.2 -13.0 257 21 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.5 0.23 12 450 6678 -10.5 -37.7 9 27.1 -16.0 246 29 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.33 13 400 7573 -16.4 -41.8 9 25.4 -20.7 260 34 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.6 0.24 14 350 8563 -23.6 -44.0 13 20.5 -26.3 254 36 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 15 300 9668 -33.2 -51.5 14 18.3 -34.7 273 36 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.11 16 250 10919 -44.3 -53.8 34 9.5 -44.7 278 39 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12373 -56.2 -61.9 49 5.7 -56.3 248 41 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14156 -63.9 -77.0 15 13.1 -64.1 262 42 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16564 -76.8 -83.8 32 7.0 -76.8 260 30 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.63 m Freezing level: 569.43 mb = 4838.89 m = 15875.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.68 mb = 3181.92 m = 10439.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.51 mb = 324.67 m = 1065.16 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 23.46 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 998.07 m = 3274.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.92 C K Index: 17.13 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.82 mb = 683.04 m = 2240.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.82 mb = 1395.94 m = 4579.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.82 mb = 1900.40 m = 6234.82 ft B at Equ Level: 13.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.82 mb = 3346.44 m = 10979.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 87.18 m/s