MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 33.74,-111.78 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -111.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 519 SFC 922 779 29.1 8.9 28 20.2 16.4 173 10 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.1 7.77 3 900 993 25.3 8.2 34 17.1 14.7 167 11 307.5 309.0 291.9 330.7 7.58 4 850 1490 20.3 6.9 42 13.5 12.2 162 12 307.5 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.35 5 800 2008 15.3 5.8 53 9.6 9.7 155 12 307.5 308.8 291.6 329.5 7.23 6 750 2551 10.2 4.5 68 5.7 6.9 152 13 307.6 309.0 291.5 329.2 7.07 7 700 3120 4.9 2.9 87 1.9 3.8 151 13 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.6 6.77 8 650 3720 0.8 -2.9 76 3.7 -1.0 158 16 309.9 310.7 290.2 324.7 4.75 9 600 4359 -3.1 -8.2 68 5.1 -5.3 162 19 312.5 313.2 289.8 323.4 3.43 10 550 5043 -7.1 -14.5 55 7.4 -9.8 162 20 315.7 316.1 289.7 323.1 2.25 11 500 5780 -11.6 -18.9 55 7.3 -13.9 166 23 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.7 1.72 12 450 6578 -17.3 -23.2 60 5.9 -18.8 166 27 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.0 1.31 13 400 7449 -23.8 -33.0 43 9.2 -25.4 167 28 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.59 14 350 8410 -31.0 -34.9 68 3.9 -31.6 179 29 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.56 15 300 9484 -39.0 -39.8 92 0.8 -39.1 191 35 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.40 16 250 10717 -44.2 -59.9 16 15.7 -44.9 190 26 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12193 -50.1 -71.4 6 21.3 -50.5 203 18 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 14046 -56.4 -80.7 3 24.4 -56.7 196 13 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16548 -66.8 -82.9 9 16.2 -66.9 156 5 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.51 m Freezing level: 639.98 mb = 3848.08 m = 12624.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.70 mb = 3587.77 m = 11770.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 686.31 mb = 3279.72 m = 10760.11 ft T: 3.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.43 mb = 3231.25 m = 10601.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.92 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.88 mb = 3167.51 m = 10391.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.88 mb = 3463.92 m = 11364.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.88 mb = 8801.15 m = 28874.81 ft B at Equ Level: 149.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.88 mb = 10428.72 m = 34214.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.4 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 191.4 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 24.12 Bulk Shear: 6.22 m/s