MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.53,-112.21 Latitude: 33.53 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 76 SFC 961 427 30.4 15.1 39 15.3 20.0 147 11 307.1 309.2 294.6 341.2 11.31 2 950 525 27.9 14.8 45 13.2 19.1 149 13 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.1 11.19 3 900 1001 23.3 13.7 55 9.6 16.9 155 15 305.5 307.6 294.0 338.5 11.01 4 850 1496 18.6 12.4 68 6.1 14.6 161 17 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.8 10.74 5 800 2013 13.8 10.9 82 2.9 12.0 168 19 305.9 307.8 293.5 336.8 10.29 6 750 2553 9.3 7.0 86 2.3 8.0 178 23 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.2 8.44 7 700 3124 8.1 -14.4 19 22.5 -0.7 187 25 311.5 311.8 287.9 317.3 1.79 8 650 3731 4.5 -23.5 11 28.0 -4.4 194 27 314.0 314.2 287.8 317.0 0.88 9 600 4376 -0.5 -24.1 15 23.6 -7.6 200 29 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.6 0.91 10 550 5064 -5.9 -25.2 20 19.3 -11.2 209 30 317.1 317.2 288.8 320.2 0.89 11 500 5802 -10.8 -29.9 19 19.1 -15.2 216 28 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.2 0.64 12 450 6605 -15.3 -41.6 9 26.3 -19.5 217 29 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.22 13 400 7484 -21.0 -45.7 9 24.7 -24.2 218 36 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 14 350 8455 -28.7 -45.0 19 16.3 -30.4 222 38 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.20 15 300 9537 -37.8 -45.2 46 7.4 -38.4 221 34 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 16 250 10771 -45.1 -59.9 17 14.8 -45.6 232 34 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12244 -50.2 -71.1 7 20.9 -50.6 240 29 353.3 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14099 -56.5 -80.3 3 23.8 -56.8 255 25 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16588 -69.4 -82.8 13 13.4 -69.4 249 7 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.88 m Freezing level: 605.40 mb = 4306.35 m = 14128.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.94 mb = 3077.64 m = 10097.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.91 mb = 2344.76 m = 7692.69 ft T: 11.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.66 mb = 2304.08 m = 7559.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.49 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 19.27 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.81 mb = 2216.12 m = 7270.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.81 mb = 2378.65 m = 7803.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 725.81 mb = 2824.60 m = 9266.94 ft B at Equ Level: 7.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.81 mb = 3173.24 m = 10410.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.2 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 223.2 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 17.76 Bulk Shear: 36.57 m/s