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: 38.05,-120.62 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -120.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 967 416 14.6 6.5 58 8.1 10.2 72 3 290.6 291.7 284.8 308.6 6.30 2 950 565 16.8 5.9 49 10.9 10.7 103 2 294.2 295.3 286.1 312.1 6.15 3 900 1024 15.0 3.1 45 11.8 8.6 129 4 296.9 297.9 286.2 312.6 5.33 4 850 1506 13.4 -1.2 36 14.6 6.1 132 4 300.1 300.9 286.2 312.5 4.11 5 800 2014 11.9 -6.6 27 18.5 3.5 33 2 303.9 304.4 286.4 312.9 2.91 6 750 2552 10.5 -10.7 21 21.2 1.5 358 8 308.0 308.4 287.2 315.2 2.26 7 700 3123 7.9 -13.5 20 21.4 -0.7 0 10 311.2 311.6 287.9 317.5 1.92 8 650 3730 5.0 -14.6 23 19.6 -2.6 3 15 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.9 1.90 9 600 4378 0.9 -8.0 51 8.9 -3.1 356 19 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.4 3.48 10 550 5072 -3.6 -12.2 51 8.6 -7.1 351 23 319.8 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.73 11 500 5818 -8.8 -16.7 53 7.9 -11.5 348 23 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.07 12 450 6625 -14.6 -23.1 48 8.5 -17.0 356 21 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.5 1.32 13 400 7505 -21.4 -29.8 46 8.4 -23.1 356 23 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 14 350 8474 -29.4 -37.1 48 7.6 -30.5 357 21 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.45 15 300 9553 -38.4 -46.5 42 8.1 -39.0 5 26 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.20 16 250 10781 -47.6 -51.6 63 4.0 -47.8 351 32 335.2 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 17 200 12230 -54.4 -64.9 26 10.5 -54.6 336 31 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 14035 -63.4 -74.9 20 11.5 -63.5 338 24 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16473 -72.3 -83.4 17 11.1 -72.3 310 13 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.00 m Freezing level: 590.17 mb = 4514.82 m = 14812.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.88 mb = 2949.01 m = 9675.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.13 mb = 1445.31 m = 4741.79 ft T: 13.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 0.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 556.64 mb = 4976.23 m = 16326.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.22 C = 109.79 F Cap Strength: 12.02 C Lifted Index: 12.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.97 C Showalter Index: 11.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.13 C Cross Totals Index: 7.55 C K Index: -0.53 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11564.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.23 mb = 2330.15 m = 7644.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.4 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 27.4 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 26.75 m/s