MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.51,-112.16 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -112.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 962 404 33.8 11.8 26 22.0 19.4 235 15 310.4 312.2 293.9 338.4 9.10 2 950 513 32.9 11.6 27 21.3 18.9 234 22 310.5 312.3 293.9 338.4 9.06 3 900 996 28.5 10.8 33 17.8 17.0 229 26 310.9 312.6 294.0 338.8 9.07 4 850 1500 24.5 8.6 37 15.8 14.4 226 24 311.8 313.3 293.7 337.4 8.29 5 800 2028 21.0 5.2 35 15.9 11.5 215 21 313.6 314.9 293.1 335.2 6.93 6 750 2581 16.6 3.1 40 13.5 8.8 205 20 314.6 315.8 293.0 334.6 6.38 7 700 3164 11.7 0.0 45 11.6 5.3 204 20 315.4 316.5 292.4 332.8 5.48 8 650 3778 6.5 -4.1 47 10.6 1.2 207 22 316.3 317.1 291.8 330.3 4.35 9 600 4428 1.3 -11.3 38 12.6 -4.0 210 23 317.6 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.68 10 550 5121 -3.5 -28.3 13 24.8 -10.1 217 24 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.68 11 500 5867 -8.4 -33.9 11 25.5 -14.0 229 24 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.44 12 450 6675 -13.6 -39.2 10 25.6 -18.2 234 26 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.28 13 400 7560 -19.8 -42.8 11 23.0 -23.1 241 26 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.22 14 350 8533 -28.5 -44.8 19 16.2 -30.3 254 32 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.20 15 300 9620 -35.4 -53.6 14 18.2 -36.6 254 39 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10873 -41.0 -57.8 15 16.8 -41.8 261 64 345.1 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.06 17 200 12362 -48.5 -71.5 5 23.1 -49.0 250 45 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14206 -61.0 -79.2 7 18.2 -61.2 245 40 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16645 -72.5 -82.3 21 9.8 -72.5 262 17 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.82 m Freezing level: 586.28 mb = 4618.07 m = 15150.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3923.26 m = 12871.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.09 % Est. max temperature: 36.52 C = 97.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.33 mb = 3171.47 m = 10404.97 ft T: 11.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.21 mb = 3888.14 m = 12756.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.87 C = 103.77 F Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.04 C K Index: 29.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 272.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.43 mb = 3253.62 m = 10674.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.43 mb = 4872.58 m = 15985.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.43 mb = 9914.23 m = 32526.62 ft B at Equ Level: 226.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.43 mb = 11217.22 m = 36801.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.7 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 247.7 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -29.5 tot: -19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 53.04 Bulk Shear: 4.43 m/s