MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 127 1 950 569 SFC 919 852 24.4 -4.4 14 28.8 10.2 92 2 304.8 305.4 286.8 314.2 3.01 3 900 1035 21.5 -5.1 16 26.6 8.7 94 3 303.7 304.2 286.3 312.7 2.90 4 850 1525 17.0 -6.4 20 23.4 6.1 104 5 303.9 304.4 286.2 312.6 2.78 5 800 2037 12.6 -8.1 23 20.7 3.4 109 6 304.5 305.0 286.3 312.7 2.59 6 750 2574 10.1 -14.8 16 25.0 0.5 112 7 307.6 307.9 286.3 312.8 1.61 7 700 3145 8.8 -18.6 12 27.4 -1.1 105 9 312.3 312.5 287.6 316.5 1.26 8 650 3755 6.0 -16.9 17 22.9 -2.6 115 9 315.8 316.1 289.0 321.0 1.57 9 600 4405 1.8 -17.9 22 19.7 -5.3 124 10 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.4 1.55 10 550 5099 -2.8 -24.1 18 21.2 -9.2 129 13 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.2 0.99 11 500 5847 -8.0 -34.2 10 26.2 -13.8 143 17 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.42 12 450 6655 -14.4 -40.6 9 26.2 -18.8 141 21 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.0 0.25 13 400 7534 -22.0 -44.0 12 21.9 -24.9 141 22 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 14 350 8498 -30.4 -48.5 15 18.1 -32.0 127 15 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.13 15 300 9574 -39.0 -54.4 18 15.5 -39.8 147 14 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 16 250 10800 -47.6 -59.8 23 12.2 -48.0 190 18 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 17 200 12247 -55.1 -67.9 19 12.9 -55.3 212 18 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14052 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.2 210 16 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16506 -70.6 -83.7 13 13.1 -70.7 248 15 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.27 m Freezing level: 580.66 mb = 4673.37 m = 15332.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.33 mb = 2760.41 m = 9056.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 598.74 mb = 4421.37 m = 14505.65 ft T: 1.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 1.61 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.66 mb = 6626.37 m = 21739.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.16 C = 111.49 F Cap Strength: 12.38 C Lifted Index: 12.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.49 C Showalter Index: 12.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.96 C Cross Totals Index: 1.59 C K Index: -8.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 26.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10204.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 597.97 mb = 4431.66 m = 14539.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 127.4 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 157.4 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 9.08 m/s