MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 21.28,-111.78 Latitude: 21.28 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 1 27.9 25.7 88 2.2 26.3 125 8 300.0 303.8 299.0 361.7 21.01 1 1000 111 27.0 24.5 86 2.5 25.2 127 10 300.1 303.8 298.4 358.2 19.76 2 950 564 23.9 21.2 85 2.7 22.0 132 15 301.5 304.6 296.9 351.3 16.91 3 900 1037 21.6 18.7 83 2.9 19.6 124 16 303.8 306.6 296.4 349.1 15.24 4 850 1532 19.8 15.6 77 4.2 16.9 116 19 306.9 309.3 295.9 346.7 13.24 5 800 2054 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.0 111 23 309.8 312.1 296.1 347.8 12.48 6 750 2605 14.9 10.1 73 4.9 11.8 104 25 312.8 314.8 295.5 344.9 10.39 7 700 3187 11.9 4.8 62 7.1 7.6 95 27 315.6 317.1 294.3 339.8 7.70 8 650 3803 8.0 0.6 59 7.4 3.9 93 28 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.7 6.15 9 600 4459 4.0 -2.6 62 6.5 0.5 95 29 320.7 321.8 293.8 337.9 5.29 10 550 5162 0.2 -6.7 60 6.9 -3.1 96 30 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.3 4.21 11 500 5921 -3.8 -11.9 53 8.1 -7.2 96 28 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.9 3.08 12 450 6746 -8.5 -18.2 45 9.7 -12.0 92 24 332.6 333.0 294.3 339.7 2.03 13 400 7649 -14.4 -23.9 44 9.6 -17.2 76 24 336.3 336.6 294.6 341.3 1.38 14 350 8650 -20.5 -30.5 40 10.0 -22.8 68 22 341.1 341.3 295.4 344.4 0.86 15 300 9771 -29.1 -37.2 46 8.1 -30.4 84 19 344.4 344.5 295.8 346.4 0.52 16 250 11048 -38.7 -45.2 50 6.5 -39.3 98 17 348.5 348.6 296.5 349.7 0.27 17 200 12539 -51.1 -53.5 76 2.4 -51.2 91 14 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.4 0.13 18 150 14347 -65.6 -68.4 67 2.9 -65.6 73 14 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.03 19 100 16702 -81.3 -82.9 76 1.7 -81.2 113 17 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.11 m Freezing level: 547.59 mb = 5198.88 m = 17056.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.59 mb = 4559.76 m = 14959.66 ft Precipitable water: 2.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.35 % Est. max temperature: 34.01 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.98 mb = 271.48 m = 890.68 ft T: 25.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.04 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1292.59 m = 4240.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.31 C = 91.95 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.23 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 734.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.58 mb = 782.18 m = 2566.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.58 mb = 3408.40 m = 11182.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.58 mb = 13146.27 m = 43130.30 ft B at Equ Level: 730.06 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 132.3 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 26.24 Bulk Shear: 28.00 m/s