MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F378.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 378 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 18.31,-124.46 Latitude: 18.31 Longitude: -124.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 23.4 16.7 66 6.7 18.9 15 11 295.4 297.6 291.6 329.6 11.89 1 1000 110 22.1 15.1 64 7.0 17.5 15 11 295.2 297.2 290.7 326.4 10.83 2 950 553 17.8 14.2 79 3.6 15.5 15 11 295.3 297.2 290.6 326.2 10.75 3 900 1013 13.7 12.9 95 0.8 13.2 15 10 295.6 297.5 290.5 325.7 10.43 4 850 1495 17.1 -2.9 25 20.0 7.2 334 3 304.0 304.7 287.2 315.2 3.62 5 800 2011 16.3 -11.3 14 27.6 4.4 272 4 308.6 308.9 287.1 315.1 2.02 6 750 2556 13.8 -14.5 13 28.2 2.3 283 7 311.5 311.8 287.8 317.0 1.66 7 700 3133 10.7 -13.9 16 24.6 0.6 293 9 314.3 314.6 288.9 320.4 1.86 8 650 3747 8.5 -31.0 4 39.5 -2.9 325 10 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.2 0.44 9 600 4404 5.8 -36.2 3 42.0 -5.1 344 11 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.29 10 550 5110 2.6 -42.4 2 45.0 -7.5 5 11 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 11 500 5874 -1.7 -36.2 5 34.5 -10.2 22 13 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.35 12 450 6701 -8.6 -33.0 12 24.5 -14.5 22 16 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.4 0.53 13 400 7602 -15.2 -41.9 8 26.6 -19.8 19 16 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.24 14 350 8596 -22.3 -52.3 5 30.0 -25.6 12 9 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.09 15 300 9710 -29.9 -53.6 8 23.7 -32.0 322 3 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.6 0.09 16 250 10978 -41.6 -49.8 41 8.2 -42.1 322 17 344.2 344.3 295.5 344.9 0.16 17 200 12449 -53.0 -54.2 87 1.2 -53.1 190 12 348.8 348.8 296.5 349.3 0.12 18 150 14241 -68.2 -68.9 91 0.7 -68.2 177 16 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 19 100 16576 -77.6 -82.2 47 4.6 -77.6 67 10 377.9 377.9 301.9 377.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.07 m Freezing level: 519.59 mb = 5574.95 m = 18290.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.46 mb = 3234.83 m = 10612.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.44 mb = 840.65 m = 2758.02 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.57 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.61 mb = 3751.61 m = 12308.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.64 C = 115.96 F Cap Strength: 10.80 C Lifted Index: 11.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.65 C Showalter Index: 17.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 17.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.78 C Cross Totals Index: -1.24 C K Index: -8.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 18.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8109.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.34 mb = 1009.99 m = 3313.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.7 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 16.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 3.76 m/s