MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.05,-100.97 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -100.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 521 SFC 917 839 33.0 9.0 23 24.0 17.6 186 12 313.9 315.4 293.9 338.5 7.89 3 900 1001 30.0 8.4 26 21.5 16.3 187 14 312.4 313.9 293.4 336.4 7.72 4 850 1507 24.9 7.5 33 17.4 14.1 187 14 312.3 313.7 293.3 336.0 7.66 5 800 2033 19.8 6.4 41 13.5 11.6 187 13 312.3 313.7 293.2 335.7 7.54 6 750 2584 14.6 5.3 54 9.3 9.0 189 11 312.4 313.8 293.2 335.6 7.46 7 700 3162 9.1 4.2 71 4.9 6.2 192 10 312.5 313.9 293.2 335.5 7.40 8 650 3771 3.4 2.7 95 0.7 3.0 199 8 312.8 314.2 293.1 335.2 7.19 9 600 4415 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 217 6 314.1 315.1 292.1 331.4 5.50 10 550 5104 -4.0 -11.6 56 7.6 -7.1 311 6 319.3 319.9 291.4 328.8 2.87 11 500 5851 -8.1 -15.0 57 6.9 -10.6 271 6 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.2 2.38 12 450 6662 -12.7 -14.2 89 1.5 -13.3 248 14 327.2 327.8 293.6 336.9 2.83 13 400 7554 -17.7 -22.7 65 5.0 -19.1 246 16 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.5 1.55 14 350 8537 -25.7 -27.2 87 1.5 -26.0 229 14 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.4 1.17 15 300 9636 -34.2 -35.1 92 0.8 -34.3 251 28 337.1 337.3 294.2 339.6 0.65 16 250 10884 -43.9 -44.0 100 0.0 -43.9 247 56 340.8 340.8 294.8 342.0 0.31 17 200 12343 -54.9 -56.7 80 1.8 -54.9 253 66 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.09 18 150 14141 -62.7 -76.9 13 14.2 -62.9 261 36 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16577 -70.9 -82.7 16 11.8 -70.9 266 4 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.86 m Freezing level: 617.08 mb = 4195.06 m = 13763.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.44 mb = 4158.40 m = 13642.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.30 % Est. max temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 647.04 mb = 3807.55 m = 12491.82 ft T: 3.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.68 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.73 mb = 3736.32 m = 12258.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.52 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.00 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 655.92 mb = 3696.28 m = 12126.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.92 mb = 3883.98 m = 12742.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 520.92 mb = 5529.55 m = 18141.36 ft B at Equ Level: 49.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 410.92 mb = 7349.68 m = 24112.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -12.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: -6.2 tot: -2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.61 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s