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: 33.62,-112.29 Latitude: 33.62 Longitude: -112.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 504 SFC 948 528 37.2 10.8 20 26.4 19.7 232 16 315.1 316.8 294.8 342.1 8.62 3 900 991 32.0 9.6 25 22.4 17.5 229 20 314.5 316.1 294.5 340.7 8.37 4 850 1500 27.1 8.7 31 18.4 15.3 225 19 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.6 8.34 5 800 2031 22.0 7.8 40 14.2 13.1 221 18 314.6 316.2 294.5 340.7 8.34 6 750 2586 16.6 6.8 52 9.8 10.6 216 18 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.6 8.31 7 700 3168 11.0 5.7 70 5.3 7.8 211 17 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.5 8.26 8 650 3782 5.5 3.0 84 2.5 4.1 203 17 315.2 316.6 293.9 338.2 7.34 9 600 4432 1.0 -6.0 60 6.9 -2.3 208 21 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.4 4.08 10 550 5125 -3.6 -25.4 17 21.7 -9.9 225 22 319.8 319.9 289.6 322.8 0.88 11 500 5871 -7.9 -36.2 8 28.3 -13.9 239 24 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.35 12 450 6681 -13.5 -37.6 11 24.1 -18.0 240 27 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.34 13 400 7566 -19.7 -43.3 10 23.5 -23.1 248 29 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 14 350 8540 -28.4 -44.8 19 16.5 -30.2 257 34 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.20 15 300 9625 -36.2 -51.5 19 15.3 -37.2 256 40 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10877 -40.4 -61.9 8 21.5 -41.4 263 65 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 17 200 12374 -47.4 -73.8 3 26.5 -48.0 253 51 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 18 150 14216 -60.7 -79.8 6 19.1 -60.9 257 36 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16657 -73.3 -82.3 24 8.9 -73.4 237 10 386.0 386.0 303.2 386.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.06 m Freezing level: 589.45 mb = 4577.81 m = 15018.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.19 mb = 4188.99 m = 13743.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.98 % Est. max temperature: 36.64 C = 97.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.22 mb = 3803.81 m = 12479.56 ft T: 5.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 17.81 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.41 mb = 3889.68 m = 12761.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.55 C = 99.59 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.59 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 498.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.01 mb = 3794.03 m = 12447.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.01 mb = 4113.01 m = 13493.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.01 mb = 10247.38 m = 33619.59 ft B at Equ Level: 491.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.01 mb = 12240.65 m = 40159.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -16.9 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 349.94 Bulk Shear: 1.43 m/s