MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 12Z TUE 9 SEP 25 Station: 32.76,-113.12 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -113.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 980 272 28.6 4.8 22 23.8 14.8 188 3 303.5 304.6 288.8 320.2 5.51 2 950 547 30.4 2.1 16 28.3 14.4 183 1 308.0 308.9 289.5 322.6 4.69 3 900 1026 27.8 -0.3 16 28.1 12.4 71 3 310.1 310.9 289.7 323.1 4.15 4 850 1528 24.1 -1.8 18 25.8 10.3 110 3 311.4 312.1 289.9 323.8 3.95 5 800 2054 20.9 -1.4 22 22.3 8.9 209 7 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.1 4.31 6 750 2607 17.0 -0.4 31 17.4 7.5 220 14 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.8 4.95 7 700 3190 12.6 -3.5 32 16.0 4.3 215 18 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.0 4.23 8 650 3806 7.7 -5.4 39 13.0 1.3 211 19 317.6 318.4 291.8 330.4 3.94 9 600 4460 2.5 -8.1 46 10.5 -2.4 210 19 319.0 319.6 291.8 330.3 3.47 10 550 5156 -2.6 -11.4 51 8.8 -6.2 213 18 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.7 2.91 11 500 5906 -7.1 -14.8 54 7.7 -10.0 221 22 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.6 2.42 12 450 6720 -11.7 -20.6 48 8.9 -14.6 228 26 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.2 1.64 13 400 7613 -17.2 -21.2 71 4.1 -18.4 234 32 332.7 333.0 294.0 338.9 1.76 14 350 8601 -24.4 -24.9 95 0.6 -24.5 233 31 335.9 336.2 294.6 341.2 1.45 15 300 9706 -32.3 -36.5 66 4.2 -32.9 231 39 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.0 0.56 16 250 10964 -42.4 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.6 235 43 343.0 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12438 -53.0 -62.9 29 9.9 -53.3 236 40 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.04 18 150 14237 -65.5 -74.5 28 9.0 -65.6 237 42 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16641 -71.3 -81.4 21 10.1 -71.3 253 24 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.77 m Freezing level: 575.46 mb = 4801.51 m = 15752.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.65 mb = 4027.08 m = 13212.06 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.83 % Est. max temperature: 37.21 C = 98.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.62 mb = 3302.43 m = 10834.63 ft T: 11.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 0.75 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 501.86 mb = 5876.73 m = 19280.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.24 C = 120.62 F Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lifted Index: 7.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.25 C Showalter Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.16 C Cross Totals Index: 5.32 C K Index: 13.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 27.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9040.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 620.19 mb = 4189.47 m = 13744.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -7.8 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 19.46 m/s