MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 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 1 950 565 SFC 919 853 24.3 -4.7 14 29.0 10.0 49 1 304.7 305.3 286.7 313.8 2.93 3 900 1032 22.1 -5.4 15 27.5 8.9 46 1 304.3 304.9 286.5 313.2 2.84 4 850 1523 17.7 -6.5 19 24.2 6.4 77 3 304.6 305.2 286.5 313.3 2.76 5 800 2036 13.3 -7.5 23 20.8 3.9 88 5 305.3 305.8 286.6 313.8 2.71 6 750 2575 10.0 -10.1 23 20.1 1.5 107 5 307.5 307.9 287.1 315.0 2.37 7 700 3146 9.1 -18.1 13 27.2 -0.9 114 9 312.6 312.8 287.8 317.0 1.31 8 650 3756 6.3 -17.4 16 23.8 -2.5 125 9 316.1 316.4 289.1 321.2 1.50 9 600 4406 1.9 -18.6 20 20.5 -5.4 134 10 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.3 1.47 10 550 5101 -2.8 -25.1 16 22.3 -9.4 142 13 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.9 0.91 11 500 5848 -8.1 -36.0 9 27.9 -14.0 150 16 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.35 12 450 6656 -14.5 -42.4 7 27.9 -19.0 153 20 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.7 0.20 13 400 7535 -21.8 -47.1 8 25.3 -24.8 154 15 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.14 14 350 8502 -29.8 -53.0 9 23.2 -31.6 164 14 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.9 0.08 15 300 9580 -38.4 -56.5 13 18.0 -39.4 213 22 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 16 250 10808 -47.4 -59.9 23 12.5 -47.8 226 25 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12257 -55.0 -67.5 20 12.5 -55.2 233 27 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14059 -62.7 -76.8 13 14.1 -62.9 228 25 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16509 -71.2 -83.6 14 12.4 -71.2 247 15 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.37 m Freezing level: 579.76 mb = 4687.61 m = 15379.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.33 mb = 2931.86 m = 9618.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 596.32 mb = 4455.53 m = 14617.70 ft T: 1.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.68 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 451.46 mb = 6631.19 m = 21755.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.01 C = 111.21 F Cap Strength: 12.15 C Lifted Index: 12.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.22 C Showalter Index: 12.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 1.55 C K Index: -8.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10683.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 591.65 mb = 4518.31 m = 14823.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 135.4 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 165.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 13.25 m/s