MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 108 1 950 548 SFC 917 853 22.7 -3.2 18 25.9 9.7 22 2 303.3 303.9 286.5 313.4 3.30 3 900 1013 19.9 -3.9 20 23.8 8.3 30 3 302.0 302.6 285.9 311.8 3.18 4 850 1500 15.2 -5.1 24 20.3 5.6 38 5 302.0 302.6 285.8 311.5 3.06 5 800 2008 10.3 -6.2 31 16.4 2.9 42 6 302.1 302.6 285.8 311.3 3.00 6 750 2540 5.5 -8.5 36 14.0 -0.3 42 9 302.6 303.1 285.7 310.9 2.68 7 700 3100 3.4 -16.8 21 20.2 -3.6 36 17 306.2 306.5 285.7 311.0 1.47 8 650 3699 2.5 -25.9 10 28.4 -5.7 25 26 311.8 311.9 286.8 314.2 0.71 9 600 4344 0.5 -33.3 6 33.8 -7.8 17 32 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.1 0.39 10 550 5035 -4.2 -32.1 9 27.9 -10.9 16 30 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.47 11 500 5778 -9.0 -32.4 13 23.4 -14.3 15 27 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.51 12 450 6585 -14.8 -33.7 18 18.9 -18.6 23 29 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.5 0.50 13 400 7463 -22.2 -35.7 28 13.5 -24.5 24 32 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.45 14 350 8427 -30.2 -42.4 30 12.1 -31.6 31 35 328.0 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.26 15 300 9506 -38.1 -45.8 44 7.8 -38.7 47 53 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10738 -45.9 -57.6 26 11.6 -46.4 52 38 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.06 17 200 12188 -55.5 -68.2 19 12.7 -55.7 18 22 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14006 -61.4 -77.4 10 16.1 -61.5 53 20 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16460 -68.7 -83.2 11 14.5 -68.8 268 13 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.48 m Freezing level: 594.43 mb = 4420.69 m = 14503.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.15 mb = 2483.29 m = 8147.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.98 % Est. max temperature: 21.87 C = 71.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 623.13 mb = 4039.22 m = 13251.87 ft T: 1.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 2.51 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 468.55 mb = 6275.46 m = 20588.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.60 C = 108.68 F Cap Strength: 11.64 C Lifted Index: 12.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 12.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 3.87 C K Index: -1.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10755.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.60 mb = 4007.36 m = 13147.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.0 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 52.0 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 39.16 m/s