MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 142 1 950 582 SFC 921 852 21.6 -3.5 18 25.1 9.3 106 3 301.8 302.4 285.9 311.7 3.21 3 900 1045 19.4 -4.4 20 23.7 8.0 101 3 301.5 302.0 285.7 310.9 3.07 4 850 1532 15.1 -6.0 23 21.1 5.4 104 5 302.0 302.5 285.7 310.9 2.87 5 800 2041 12.2 -11.4 18 23.6 2.5 102 8 304.2 304.6 285.5 310.5 2.00 6 750 2579 10.6 -17.5 12 28.1 0.3 93 8 308.1 308.3 286.1 312.3 1.29 7 700 3151 9.1 -18.9 12 28.0 -1.0 98 8 312.5 312.8 287.6 316.6 1.22 8 650 3761 6.0 -17.0 17 23.0 -2.6 112 9 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.0 1.56 9 600 4410 1.7 -17.7 22 19.4 -5.3 114 10 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.5 1.59 10 550 5105 -2.9 -23.0 20 20.0 -9.1 112 13 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.4 1.10 11 500 5852 -8.2 -31.8 13 23.7 -13.7 122 17 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.53 12 450 6660 -14.2 -39.7 10 25.5 -18.6 121 19 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.27 13 400 7540 -21.6 -44.1 11 22.5 -24.5 133 21 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 14 350 8506 -30.4 -47.4 17 17.0 -32.0 123 21 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.4 0.15 15 300 9580 -39.2 -52.2 24 13.0 -39.9 107 18 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.10 16 250 10804 -48.3 -55.8 42 7.5 -48.6 118 17 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 17 200 12248 -55.0 -67.0 21 12.0 -55.2 140 14 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14054 -61.7 -77.2 11 15.5 -61.9 198 8 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16509 -70.4 -83.5 13 13.1 -70.5 249 15 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.53 m Freezing level: 581.47 mb = 4667.60 m = 15313.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 738.40 mb = 2708.26 m = 8885.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 632.38 mb = 3983.59 m = 13069.38 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 1.18 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 452.15 mb = 6623.13 m = 21729.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.56 C = 112.20 F Cap Strength: 13.40 C Lifted Index: 13.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.50 C Showalter Index: 13.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 2.19 C K Index: -10.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10985.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 617.60 mb = 4175.47 m = 13698.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 112.5 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 142.5 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 6.98 m/s