MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 102 1 950 540 2 900 1003 3 850 1494 SFC 839 1605 18.9 10.7 59 8.2 13.6 171 5 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.2 9.65 5 800 2015 17.9 9.3 57 8.6 12.4 209 11 310.2 311.9 293.9 338.4 9.22 6 750 2565 14.3 6.6 60 7.7 9.6 202 19 312.1 313.7 293.7 337.4 8.16 7 700 3143 10.5 -2.4 40 12.9 3.8 199 24 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.7 4.59 8 650 3755 6.0 -14.2 22 20.2 -2.0 203 25 315.7 316.1 289.5 322.3 1.97 9 600 4404 0.8 -21.4 17 22.2 -6.4 205 27 317.1 317.3 289.0 321.0 1.15 10 550 5095 -4.4 -27.5 15 23.1 -10.6 208 29 318.9 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.73 11 500 5838 -9.5 -32.5 13 23.0 -14.6 213 32 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.50 12 450 6643 -14.6 -38.7 11 24.1 -18.8 217 34 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.30 13 400 7525 -20.5 -43.5 11 23.0 -23.7 218 31 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 14 350 8497 -28.5 -48.3 13 19.7 -30.4 223 30 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 15 300 9580 -37.2 -51.5 21 14.3 -38.1 228 33 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10819 -43.8 -60.6 14 16.7 -44.5 248 39 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12301 -48.9 -72.1 5 23.2 -49.5 241 42 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14152 -58.4 -80.2 4 21.8 -58.6 244 39 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16620 -69.0 -82.5 13 13.5 -69.1 276 19 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.27 m Freezing level: 592.10 mb = 4512.86 m = 14805.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.33 mb = 3537.96 m = 11607.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.73 mb = 2646.28 m = 8681.93 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.42 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.70 mb = 3808.88 m = 12496.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.04 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.36 mb = 3186.50 m = 10454.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.36 mb = 4654.40 m = 15270.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.36 mb = 10261.74 m = 33666.71 ft B at Equ Level: 323.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.36 mb = 11934.16 m = 39153.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.4 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 239.4 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 73.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.90 Bulk Shear: 42.04 m/s