MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.42,-112.21 Latitude: 33.42 Longitude: -112.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 394 27.6 15.9 49 11.6 19.6 120 10 303.9 306.1 294.1 339.3 11.90 2 950 521 26.7 15.6 51 11.1 19.2 123 14 304.3 306.5 294.2 339.6 11.83 3 900 996 23.4 15.0 59 8.5 17.7 153 16 305.7 307.9 294.7 341.5 11.97 4 850 1493 20.4 13.1 63 7.4 15.5 182 17 307.5 309.6 294.6 341.3 11.19 5 800 2014 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 12.0 190 19 308.9 310.6 293.5 336.8 9.17 6 750 2560 12.9 4.0 55 8.9 7.8 199 22 310.6 311.9 292.2 331.6 6.80 7 700 3136 8.9 1.4 59 7.5 4.8 202 25 312.3 313.5 292.0 331.3 6.07 8 650 3745 5.0 -4.4 50 9.5 0.4 206 29 314.6 315.5 291.2 328.1 4.23 9 600 4393 0.7 -18.9 22 19.5 -6.1 217 31 316.9 317.2 289.3 321.8 1.44 10 550 5084 -4.7 -24.9 19 20.3 -10.4 219 30 318.6 318.7 289.3 321.7 0.92 11 500 5826 -9.6 -30.5 16 20.9 -14.5 220 32 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.60 12 450 6632 -14.4 -37.1 13 22.8 -18.6 227 37 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.35 13 400 7514 -20.4 -44.5 10 24.1 -23.6 235 40 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.18 14 350 8487 -27.9 -47.8 13 19.8 -29.9 242 43 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 15 300 9577 -35.0 -47.1 28 12.2 -36.0 246 56 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.18 16 250 10824 -43.6 -54.8 28 11.2 -44.2 254 52 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.09 17 200 12305 -49.7 -69.2 8 19.5 -50.2 250 51 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.02 18 150 14147 -60.3 -79.3 7 19.0 -60.4 239 41 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16607 -68.3 -82.6 11 14.3 -68.4 301 8 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.35 m Freezing level: 593.67 mb = 4480.65 m = 14700.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.12 mb = 3781.36 m = 12405.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.67 mb = 1868.18 m = 6129.11 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.79 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2740.23 m = 8990.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.73 C = 94.51 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.56 mb = 2060.75 m = 6760.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.56 mb = 3863.77 m = 12676.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.56 mb = 10540.67 m = 34581.83 ft B at Equ Level: 570.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.56 mb = 12959.54 m = 42517.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 138.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 6.88 Bulk Shear: 83.72 m/s