MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 32.96,-110.75 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -110.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 519 2 900 996 SFC 898 1020 30.6 13.3 35 17.3 18.8 244 6 313.2 315.3 295.8 346.4 10.72 4 850 1503 26.6 10.1 35 16.5 15.8 258 12 314.0 315.8 294.9 342.6 9.17 5 800 2034 22.7 8.3 40 14.4 13.5 261 19 315.3 316.9 294.8 342.2 8.60 6 750 2591 17.6 7.1 50 10.5 11.0 258 21 315.6 317.3 294.8 342.2 8.47 7 700 3176 12.0 5.9 66 6.1 8.3 254 22 315.8 317.4 294.8 342.0 8.34 8 650 3791 6.2 4.3 88 1.8 5.1 250 22 316.0 317.5 294.6 341.3 8.06 9 600 4442 0.9 -1.0 87 1.9 -0.2 245 22 317.1 318.2 293.3 336.0 5.94 10 550 5136 -3.3 -16.3 36 13.0 -8.0 248 21 320.2 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.94 11 500 5884 -7.0 -35.0 9 27.9 -13.3 252 21 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.39 12 450 6697 -12.3 -39.5 8 27.3 -17.3 248 21 327.8 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.27 13 400 7585 -18.8 -43.6 9 24.9 -22.4 254 22 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.20 14 350 8564 -26.6 -45.6 15 19.0 -28.7 264 32 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.19 15 300 9659 -34.5 -44.7 35 10.3 -35.5 263 49 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.7 0.24 16 250 10918 -39.9 -61.9 8 22.0 -40.9 263 56 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.04 17 200 12414 -49.2 -71.0 6 21.8 -49.7 249 40 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14237 -63.3 -77.8 12 14.5 -63.4 255 38 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16645 -73.6 -82.2 26 8.6 -73.6 276 22 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.56 m Freezing level: 589.76 mb = 4583.81 m = 15038.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.49 mb = 4421.56 m = 14506.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.52 % Est. max temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.85 mb = 3201.31 m = 10502.85 ft T: 11.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 20.52 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.83 mb = 3754.91 m = 12319.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.18 C = 91.73 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.67 C Cross Totals Index: 17.15 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 515.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.53 mb = 3557.63 m = 11671.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.53 mb = 3999.62 m = 13121.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.53 mb = 10296.69 m = 33781.37 ft B at Equ Level: 511.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.53 mb = 12622.07 m = 41410.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -7.2 tot: 15.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 34.71 Bulk Shear: 14.86 m/s