MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-111.3 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -111.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 546 2 900 1008 SFC 891 1093 16.2 4.0 44 12.2 9.5 290 3 299.1 300.1 287.5 316.1 5.72 4 850 1494 15.4 1.3 38 14.1 7.9 297 5 302.2 303.2 287.8 317.2 4.95 5 800 2004 10.7 0.3 49 10.4 5.4 292 3 302.5 303.4 287.9 317.3 4.89 6 750 2537 6.8 -5.8 40 12.6 1.1 234 4 304.0 304.6 286.8 314.2 3.30 7 700 3102 5.2 -25.6 9 30.9 -3.8 258 13 308.3 308.4 285.5 310.6 0.68 8 650 3703 3.1 -33.4 5 36.5 -6.0 273 21 312.4 312.5 286.6 313.7 0.35 9 600 4348 0.3 -35.1 5 35.5 -8.1 290 29 316.5 316.5 288.0 317.6 0.32 10 550 5041 -2.2 -39.2 4 37.0 -10.1 301 41 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.23 11 500 5790 -7.9 -43.9 4 36.0 -14.2 309 41 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.16 12 450 6598 -14.3 -45.8 5 31.5 -19.0 282 41 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.14 13 400 7479 -20.7 -46.9 8 26.2 -23.9 268 53 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.14 14 350 8450 -28.5 -48.7 13 20.2 -30.4 263 66 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9537 -36.1 -46.8 32 10.7 -37.0 258 79 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.19 16 250 10775 -45.8 -55.9 31 10.1 -46.3 259 81 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12243 -51.3 -70.5 8 19.2 -51.7 260 80 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14060 -62.6 -78.2 11 15.6 -62.7 257 58 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.8 -83.8 13 13.0 -70.9 252 21 390.9 390.9 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.84 m Freezing level: 593.81 mb = 4433.35 m = 14544.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.63 mb = 2662.19 m = 8734.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.64 % Est. max temperature: 21.69 C = 71.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.67 mb = 2628.58 m = 8623.85 ft T: 6.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 525.49 mb = 5399.19 m = 17713.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.81 C = 101.87 F Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lifted Index: 10.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.92 C Showalter Index: 10.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 9.18 C K Index: -6.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9567.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.86 mb = 3149.71 m = 10333.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 123.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 57.27 m/s