MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.65,-112.42 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -112.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 530 2 900 997 3 850 1496 SFC 840 1606 26.3 8.9 33 17.4 15.1 206 15 314.8 316.5 294.7 341.6 8.56 5 800 2026 21.7 7.6 40 14.1 12.9 204 21 314.2 315.8 294.3 339.8 8.19 6 750 2581 16.3 6.4 52 9.9 10.3 203 21 314.3 315.8 294.2 339.6 8.09 7 700 3162 10.7 5.2 68 5.6 7.4 203 21 314.4 315.9 294.1 339.2 7.93 8 650 3775 5.3 2.1 80 3.2 3.5 208 23 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.6 6.87 9 600 4424 1.0 -8.8 48 9.8 -3.4 211 25 317.2 317.9 291.1 327.9 3.28 10 550 5117 -3.3 -29.1 12 25.8 -10.1 219 23 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.62 11 500 5864 -8.1 -34.5 10 26.4 -13.9 230 24 323.2 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.41 12 450 6672 -14.2 -37.2 12 23.0 -18.5 234 25 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.35 13 400 7553 -20.9 -43.7 11 22.9 -23.9 240 28 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.20 14 350 8524 -28.6 -46.8 16 18.2 -30.4 246 27 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.16 15 300 9609 -36.7 -53.4 16 16.7 -37.7 248 27 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.09 16 250 10852 -42.3 -63.1 9 20.8 -43.1 263 41 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 17 200 12347 -46.7 -74.7 3 28.0 -47.3 248 48 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 14197 -59.6 -80.3 5 20.7 -59.8 249 37 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16651 -71.0 -82.4 17 11.4 -71.1 246 14 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.51 m Freezing level: 588.68 mb = 4581.15 m = 15029.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.43 mb = 4100.38 m = 13452.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.97 mb = 3775.21 m = 12385.72 ft T: 5.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 19.21 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.28 mb = 3922.41 m = 12868.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 648.32 mb = 3795.83 m = 12453.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.32 mb = 4246.11 m = 13930.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.32 mb = 10243.83 m = 33607.94 ft B at Equ Level: 492.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.32 mb = 12236.32 m = 40144.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 38.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 71.89 Bulk Shear: 6.87 m/s