MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 33.56,-112.19 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -112.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 957 462 38.2 13.2 23 25.0 21.1 183 9 315.2 317.1 295.8 346.4 9.99 2 950 528 35.8 13.1 26 22.7 20.4 183 11 313.5 315.4 295.4 344.5 10.00 3 900 1015 31.0 12.0 31 19.1 18.3 182 12 313.5 315.3 295.3 343.9 9.80 4 850 1523 26.0 11.0 39 15.1 16.1 182 13 313.4 315.3 295.2 343.6 9.73 5 800 2052 21.0 10.0 49 11.0 13.8 182 13 313.5 315.4 295.1 343.5 9.65 6 750 2606 15.7 8.8 63 6.9 11.3 184 14 313.6 315.5 295.1 343.2 9.51 7 700 3187 10.5 6.7 77 3.8 8.1 191 15 314.1 315.8 294.7 341.5 8.80 8 650 3800 6.2 -0.4 62 6.6 2.7 206 18 316.0 317.1 292.9 334.2 5.72 9 600 4451 1.2 -5.9 59 7.1 -2.2 216 20 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.8 4.11 10 550 5144 -4.5 -13.2 50 8.7 -7.9 226 22 318.8 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.51 11 500 5888 -8.3 -36.0 9 27.6 -14.2 242 22 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.35 12 450 6697 -13.7 -38.0 11 24.3 -18.2 246 24 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.32 13 400 7581 -19.8 -43.0 11 23.2 -23.1 252 26 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.21 14 350 8555 -28.0 -44.9 18 16.9 -29.9 253 30 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 15 300 9641 -36.5 -51.3 20 14.8 -37.5 257 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10891 -40.6 -61.6 9 21.1 -41.5 258 66 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.04 17 200 12384 -48.8 -72.4 5 23.6 -49.3 252 57 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14219 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.4 256 46 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16655 -72.0 -82.4 20 10.3 -72.1 276 10 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.64 m Freezing level: 589.56 mb = 4595.71 m = 15077.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.52 mb = 4151.49 m = 13620.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.05 % Est. max temperature: 36.45 C = 97.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 668.62 mb = 3566.73 m = 11701.72 ft T: 7.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 22.24 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.65 mb = 3616.04 m = 11863.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.04 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.32 C K Index: 41.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 888.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.29 mb = 3399.26 m = 11152.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.29 mb = 3960.87 m = 12994.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.29 mb = 10693.77 m = 35084.12 ft B at Equ Level: 877.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.29 mb = 13915.89 m = 45655.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 80.82 Bulk Shear: 10.99 m/s