MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 113 1 950 552 SFC 917 852 18.1 -0.9 28 19.0 8.5 266 2 298.5 299.2 285.4 310.2 3.89 3 900 1015 18.8 -3.4 22 22.2 8.0 284 4 300.9 301.5 285.7 311.0 3.31 4 850 1501 15.1 -5.4 24 20.5 5.5 326 4 301.9 302.5 285.7 311.1 3.00 5 800 2010 10.9 -8.0 26 18.9 2.7 27 4 302.8 303.2 285.7 310.9 2.61 6 750 2544 7.6 -12.3 23 19.9 -0.2 46 8 304.8 305.2 285.7 311.1 1.99 7 700 3109 6.1 -19.7 14 25.7 -2.7 38 17 309.2 309.4 286.4 313.0 1.15 8 650 3714 4.7 -23.5 11 28.3 -4.3 33 23 314.3 314.5 287.9 317.3 0.88 9 600 4362 2.0 -19.9 18 21.8 -5.5 29 26 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.9 1.31 10 550 5058 -2.4 -20.2 24 17.8 -8.3 23 24 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.40 11 500 5807 -7.9 -22.6 30 14.7 -12.3 26 22 323.4 323.7 291.1 327.8 1.25 12 450 6615 -14.1 -29.9 25 15.8 -17.7 27 21 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.1 0.71 13 400 7497 -21.0 -37.9 20 16.9 -23.7 36 16 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.37 14 350 8467 -29.0 -41.7 28 12.7 -30.6 51 20 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.28 15 300 9548 -38.0 -45.6 45 7.5 -38.7 47 22 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.22 16 250 10778 -47.0 -52.9 51 5.8 -47.3 49 21 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.11 17 200 12223 -56.0 -63.3 39 7.4 -56.1 53 14 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.04 18 150 14032 -62.5 -76.8 13 14.3 -62.7 131 19 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16479 -69.7 -83.1 12 13.4 -69.8 281 13 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.16 m Freezing level: 577.38 mb = 4677.04 m = 15344.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.74 mb = 2502.43 m = 8209.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.37 mb = 3234.11 m = 10610.46 ft T: 5.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.27 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 460.64 mb = 6435.83 m = 21114.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.00 C = 111.20 F Cap Strength: 13.91 C Lifted Index: 13.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.06 C Showalter Index: 13.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 2.45 C K Index: -8.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 29.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11509.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 632.72 mb = 3932.14 m = 12900.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 27.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 57.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -3.0 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 40.49 m/s