MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 123 1 950 561 SFC 918 851 16.6 -1.5 29 18.1 7.8 49 0 296.9 297.6 284.6 308.1 3.74 3 900 1023 18.2 -3.7 22 21.9 7.6 324 2 300.3 300.9 285.4 310.1 3.23 4 850 1509 15.0 -6.1 23 21.1 5.4 331 3 301.9 302.4 285.5 310.7 2.85 5 800 2018 11.3 -9.5 22 20.9 2.5 7 4 303.2 303.7 285.5 310.5 2.31 6 750 2553 8.4 -14.6 18 23.0 -0.3 30 7 305.7 306.0 285.7 311.0 1.64 7 700 3120 6.8 -20.6 12 27.4 -2.4 47 12 310.0 310.2 286.6 313.5 1.06 8 650 3725 4.8 -19.4 15 24.2 -3.6 48 17 314.4 314.6 288.3 318.6 1.26 9 600 4374 1.7 -16.9 24 18.6 -5.1 42 18 318.1 318.5 289.9 323.8 1.70 10 550 5069 -2.4 -18.5 28 16.1 -8.0 41 17 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.8 1.62 11 500 5818 -7.6 -25.7 22 18.1 -12.7 47 17 323.7 323.9 290.9 327.1 0.94 12 450 6628 -13.7 -34.0 16 20.3 -17.9 43 16 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.48 13 400 7510 -21.0 -39.8 17 18.8 -23.9 54 13 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.30 14 350 8479 -29.4 -40.7 33 11.3 -30.8 63 16 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.31 15 300 9558 -38.4 -45.5 48 7.0 -39.0 62 12 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.0 0.22 16 250 10787 -46.9 -53.5 47 6.6 -47.2 61 14 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 17 200 12234 -55.9 -63.2 40 7.3 -56.1 50 12 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14039 -63.5 -75.9 17 12.5 -63.6 170 21 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16482 -70.3 -83.0 14 12.7 -70.4 266 10 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.93 m Freezing level: 579.05 mb = 4665.21 m = 15305.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.91 mb = 2498.64 m = 8197.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.85 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.80 mb = 3133.93 m = 10281.80 ft T: 6.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 0.19 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 452.05 mb = 6592.75 m = 21629.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.88 C = 112.78 F Cap Strength: 14.27 C Lifted Index: 14.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.06 C Showalter Index: 14.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.66 C Cross Totals Index: 1.54 C K Index: -10.83 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11986.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.22 mb = 3975.76 m = 13043.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.2 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 71.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 19.16 m/s