MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.24,-117.27 Latitude: 34.24 Longitude: -117.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 124 1 950 563 SFC 918 852 20.0 -1.8 23 21.8 9.0 71 2 300.4 301.1 285.8 311.4 3.64 3 900 1025 17.7 -2.5 25 20.2 7.8 50 4 299.7 300.4 285.5 310.4 3.54 4 850 1508 13.3 -4.1 30 17.4 5.1 59 5 300.1 300.7 285.4 310.2 3.32 5 800 2014 8.9 -6.1 34 15.0 2.2 61 8 300.6 301.2 285.2 309.9 3.03 6 750 2544 5.6 -11.8 27 17.4 -1.2 46 13 302.6 303.0 285.0 309.1 2.06 7 700 3105 3.9 -23.6 11 27.5 -4.3 31 18 306.8 307.0 285.1 309.6 0.82 8 650 3704 2.3 -28.5 8 30.7 -6.1 22 26 311.5 311.6 286.5 313.5 0.56 9 600 4348 -0.1 -35.3 5 35.2 -8.3 13 32 316.0 316.1 287.8 317.2 0.32 10 550 5037 -5.0 -39.3 5 34.4 -11.8 12 32 318.2 318.2 288.4 319.0 0.23 11 500 5778 -10.2 -41.3 6 31.1 -15.6 7 29 320.6 320.7 289.2 321.4 0.20 12 450 6580 -15.6 -39.3 11 23.7 -19.6 14 31 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.28 13 400 7456 -22.5 -39.3 20 16.8 -24.9 28 38 325.8 325.8 290.9 326.9 0.32 14 350 8420 -30.9 -43.1 29 12.3 -32.1 31 44 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.24 15 300 9495 -38.4 -50.5 27 12.1 -39.2 39 56 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 16 250 10725 -46.8 -60.8 19 14.0 -47.2 35 27 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12175 -54.4 -68.9 15 14.5 -54.6 5 26 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13998 -61.2 -77.5 10 16.3 -61.3 0 15 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16466 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 275 13 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.64 m Freezing level: 601.78 mb = 4324.64 m = 14188.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.95 mb = 2360.09 m = 7742.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.61 % Est. max temperature: 21.46 C = 70.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.94 mb = 3557.31 m = 11670.82 ft T: 2.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 493.65 mb = 5875.01 m = 19274.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.11 C = 104.21 F Cap Strength: 11.79 C Lifted Index: 11.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.14 C Showalter Index: 12.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 6.12 C K Index: -8.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11282.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.60 mb = 3635.05 m = 11925.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 18.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 48.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 46.82 m/s