MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F021.gfs Searching the city database file for: KPRC ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: KPRC 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 97 1 950 535 2 900 1000 3 850 1495 SFC 839 1606 22.0 9.4 45 12.5 14.0 208 9 310.3 312.0 293.7 337.5 8.88 5 800 2021 20.1 7.8 45 12.2 12.4 217 23 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.4 8.34 6 750 2574 15.5 6.5 55 9.0 10.0 215 22 313.4 315.0 294.0 338.6 8.10 7 700 3154 10.4 4.7 68 5.7 7.1 201 22 314.0 315.5 293.9 338.0 7.68 8 650 3766 5.5 -1.2 62 6.7 2.0 204 28 315.2 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.40 9 600 4415 1.3 -19.8 19 21.1 -5.9 209 28 317.6 317.8 289.4 322.1 1.32 10 550 5109 -3.4 -31.0 10 27.6 -10.4 220 26 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.9 0.52 11 500 5854 -8.7 -34.1 11 25.4 -14.3 222 27 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.43 12 450 6661 -14.1 -40.6 9 26.5 -18.6 225 27 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.25 13 400 7544 -20.4 -42.6 12 22.2 -23.5 227 22 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.22 14 350 8516 -28.5 -45.7 18 17.2 -30.3 236 23 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.18 15 300 9600 -37.2 -51.5 21 14.4 -38.1 238 26 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.11 16 250 10840 -43.3 -60.1 14 16.8 -43.9 257 41 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.05 17 200 12325 -47.9 -73.2 4 25.3 -48.5 244 38 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 14178 -58.9 -80.3 5 21.4 -59.1 245 38 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16636 -69.9 -82.4 14 12.5 -70.0 261 19 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.79 m Freezing level: 586.52 mb = 4602.31 m = 15099.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.33 mb = 3926.02 m = 12880.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.10 mb = 3188.51 m = 10460.85 ft T: 10.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.75 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.28 mb = 3913.91 m = 12840.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.80 mb = 3543.26 m = 11624.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.80 mb = 4925.47 m = 16159.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.80 mb = 10246.66 m = 33617.24 ft B at Equ Level: 330.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.80 mb = 11912.34 m = 39081.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.6 neg: -12.4 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 44.78 Bulk Shear: 7.50 m/s