MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 31.35,-117.91 Latitude: 31.35 Longitude: -117.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 0 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.6 315 11 290.7 292.5 288.3 318.6 9.88 1 1000 103 17.4 12.6 73 4.9 14.4 315 12 290.6 292.2 287.6 316.6 9.18 2 950 539 13.3 11.7 90 1.5 12.3 316 11 290.6 292.3 287.6 316.5 9.13 3 900 994 16.5 -7.3 19 23.8 6.0 289 5 298.5 299.0 283.8 306.0 2.45 4 850 1479 15.5 -14.8 11 30.4 3.8 282 4 302.4 302.7 284.2 307.0 1.42 5 800 1990 14.1 -24.6 5 38.8 1.6 263 4 306.2 306.3 284.7 308.4 0.65 6 750 2531 12.2 -32.8 3 45.1 -0.3 243 7 309.9 309.9 285.7 311.0 0.32 7 700 3105 9.7 -33.3 3 43.0 -2.0 238 9 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.4 0.33 8 650 3715 5.9 -28.9 6 34.8 -4.1 237 11 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.5 0.54 9 600 4364 1.5 -31.0 7 32.5 -7.1 234 12 317.9 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.48 10 550 5058 -2.4 -37.8 5 35.4 -10.2 233 18 321.3 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.27 11 500 5807 -7.5 -40.7 5 33.2 -13.9 232 22 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.22 12 450 6618 -13.0 -43.7 6 30.7 -18.0 235 25 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.18 13 400 7502 -20.1 -39.2 17 19.0 -23.2 235 28 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.0 0.32 14 350 8477 -27.3 -45.8 16 18.5 -29.4 240 32 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.18 15 300 9567 -36.3 -48.5 27 12.2 -37.3 237 36 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10805 -45.5 -58.2 23 12.7 -46.0 242 45 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12262 -54.3 -66.4 21 12.1 -54.5 242 62 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14070 -62.2 -76.8 13 14.5 -62.4 239 59 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16520 -69.7 -82.8 13 13.1 -69.8 247 37 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.57 m Freezing level: 580.67 mb = 4632.14 m = 15197.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.40 mb = 2448.74 m = 8033.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 16.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 594.17 m = 1949.35 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.98 mb = 4020.10 m = 13189.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.62 C = 112.32 F Cap Strength: 11.72 C Lifted Index: 11.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.56 C Showalter Index: 16.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 15.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: -7.33 C K Index: -34.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10762.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.24 mb = 1105.56 m = 3627.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 21.19 m/s