MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 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 102 1 950 542 SFC 916 853 22.2 -3.4 18 25.6 9.5 295 3 302.8 303.4 286.3 312.8 3.23 3 900 1007 20.2 -4.0 19 24.2 8.4 315 3 302.3 302.9 286.1 312.0 3.16 4 850 1495 15.7 -5.4 23 21.1 5.8 354 3 302.6 303.1 286.0 311.9 3.00 5 800 2004 10.9 -6.5 29 17.4 3.1 24 5 302.7 303.3 285.9 311.8 2.93 6 750 2537 6.5 -9.3 31 15.9 -0.0 40 9 303.7 304.1 285.9 311.5 2.51 7 700 3100 4.5 -16.1 21 20.6 -2.9 39 17 307.4 307.7 286.2 312.5 1.56 8 650 3701 3.4 -25.3 10 28.7 -5.1 29 26 312.8 313.0 287.2 315.4 0.75 9 600 4347 1.1 -25.5 12 26.6 -6.8 22 26 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.2 0.80 10 550 5041 -3.0 -24.5 17 21.5 -9.4 18 25 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.8 0.95 11 500 5788 -8.3 -27.3 20 19.0 -13.3 17 24 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.9 0.82 12 450 6595 -14.8 -26.5 36 11.6 -17.7 19 25 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.0 0.98 13 400 7473 -21.9 -32.3 39 10.4 -23.8 20 24 326.5 326.7 291.4 328.9 0.64 14 350 8441 -29.1 -41.2 30 12.0 -30.6 43 27 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.30 15 300 9523 -37.7 -46.5 39 8.9 -38.4 44 33 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.19 16 250 10755 -46.6 -53.8 44 7.2 -46.9 44 32 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 17 200 12206 -55.9 -64.3 34 8.4 -56.1 57 17 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.03 18 150 14015 -62.1 -77.2 12 15.1 -62.2 74 21 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16462 -69.3 -83.2 12 13.9 -69.4 270 14 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.00 m Freezing level: 586.41 mb = 4535.78 m = 14880.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 750.63 mb = 2529.97 m = 8300.31 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.62 % Est. max temperature: 22.72 C = 72.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.83 mb = 4019.95 m = 13188.65 ft T: 2.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.74 C/km ThetaE index: 1.25 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 464.45 mb = 6352.70 m = 20841.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.96 C = 109.34 F Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lifted Index: 12.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.43 C Showalter Index: 12.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 2.87 C K Index: -2.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11324.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.21 mb = 4079.97 m = 13385.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.3 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 52.3 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 36.81 m/s