MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 32.66,-113.39 Latitude: 32.66 Longitude: -113.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 982 232 35.5 19.2 38 16.3 23.8 227 13 310.3 313.0 297.5 354.1 14.39 2 950 525 32.7 18.4 43 14.2 22.5 231 16 310.3 313.0 297.4 353.6 14.19 3 900 1011 30.2 16.0 42 14.2 20.2 260 8 312.7 315.1 297.1 352.1 12.80 4 850 1519 26.6 13.7 45 12.9 17.8 330 5 314.0 316.2 296.7 350.1 11.66 5 800 2051 22.1 11.6 51 10.5 15.1 7 8 314.7 316.7 296.2 348.1 10.76 6 750 2608 18.1 6.7 47 11.4 11.0 30 11 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.2 8.26 7 700 3195 14.3 -0.9 35 15.2 5.9 65 16 318.3 319.3 293.0 334.7 5.12 8 650 3814 9.3 -6.2 33 15.4 1.7 66 20 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.6 3.71 9 600 4471 4.0 -9.2 37 13.2 -2.0 73 23 320.7 321.4 292.0 331.2 3.17 10 550 5172 -0.5 -17.9 26 17.4 -6.8 84 15 323.5 323.8 291.5 329.3 1.70 11 500 5927 -5.3 -27.9 15 22.6 -11.5 110 7 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.4 0.77 12 450 6745 -10.7 -37.4 9 26.7 -16.1 61 6 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.34 13 400 7640 -16.7 -44.6 7 27.9 -21.0 21 10 333.2 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.18 14 350 8628 -23.4 -51.0 6 27.5 -26.5 354 11 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.10 15 300 9735 -32.5 -54.4 10 21.8 -34.2 334 13 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 16 250 10992 -42.7 -60.3 13 17.6 -43.5 299 16 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.05 17 200 12459 -53.9 -65.6 23 11.7 -54.1 276 24 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14253 -65.9 -73.9 32 7.9 -66.0 273 25 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16665 -72.0 -81.9 21 9.9 -72.0 274 12 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5862.62 m Freezing level: 555.75 mb = 5091.38 m = 16703.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.72 mb = 4113.66 m = 13496.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.21 % Est. max temperature: 39.42 C = 102.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.88 mb = 2303.99 m = 7558.93 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 24.84 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.01 mb = 3400.10 m = 11155.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.84 C = 110.91 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.86 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 30.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.76 mb = 2553.24 m = 8376.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.76 mb = 4073.90 m = 13365.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.76 mb = 13859.77 m = 45471.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1463.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.0 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 96.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 129.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 15.18 Bulk Shear: 97.65 m/s