MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 27.70,-111.46 Latitude: 27.70 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 4 30.1 26.8 83 3.2 27.6 149 12 302.5 306.7 300.5 369.7 22.56 1 1000 75 29.4 25.5 80 3.9 26.4 149 14 302.5 306.4 299.6 364.8 20.97 2 950 532 26.9 19.7 65 7.2 21.8 152 13 304.5 307.3 296.7 350.4 15.40 3 900 1010 25.5 14.5 51 11.0 18.1 156 8 307.8 310.0 295.0 343.0 11.63 4 850 1511 22.6 12.4 53 10.1 15.8 166 4 309.8 311.8 294.9 342.5 10.72 5 800 2035 18.9 10.3 58 8.5 13.3 215 2 311.3 313.1 294.7 341.7 9.89 6 750 2586 15.0 7.7 62 7.3 10.4 262 3 312.8 314.5 294.4 340.2 8.82 7 700 3167 11.4 4.3 62 7.0 7.2 289 3 315.1 316.5 294.0 338.6 7.48 8 650 3783 8.2 -1.2 52 9.4 3.1 317 4 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.6 5.40 9 600 4440 4.7 -9.8 34 14.5 -1.8 348 5 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.6 3.03 10 550 5143 0.1 -14.9 31 15.0 -5.8 336 2 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.7 2.19 11 500 5900 -4.1 -24.8 18 20.8 -10.4 260 4 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.7 1.02 12 450 6723 -9.2 -21.3 37 12.1 -13.1 256 8 331.7 332.0 293.6 337.2 1.55 13 400 7622 -15.6 -27.6 35 12.0 -18.7 253 12 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.3 0.99 14 350 8618 -21.9 -36.8 25 14.9 -24.6 233 12 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.46 15 300 9732 -30.8 -45.3 23 14.5 -32.4 232 12 341.9 342.0 295.0 342.8 0.22 16 250 10997 -41.0 -54.6 22 13.6 -41.8 238 23 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.09 17 200 12478 -52.5 -64.6 22 12.2 -52.7 241 46 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.03 18 150 14271 -67.1 -74.8 33 7.7 -67.2 229 34 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16653 -75.5 -81.3 40 5.8 -75.5 58 8 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.64 m Freezing level: 548.25 mb = 5169.60 m = 16960.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.25 mb = 4194.30 m = 13760.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 37.01 C = 98.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.88 mb = 412.36 m = 1352.85 ft T: 27.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 38.02 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2176.13 m = 7139.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.62 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 16.51 C K Index: 32.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1198.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.40 mb = 1292.77 m = 4241.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.40 mb = 3090.59 m = 10139.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.40 mb = 14010.60 m = 45965.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1197.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 4.9 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -135.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: -6.4 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 76.23 Bulk Shear: 15.73 m/s