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: 34.68,-112.40 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -112.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 840 1593 18.9 10.6 59 8.3 13.6 169 5 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.62 5 800 2015 17.9 9.2 57 8.7 12.4 210 11 310.2 311.9 293.9 338.3 9.17 6 750 2565 14.4 6.4 59 7.9 9.6 201 19 312.2 313.7 293.6 337.2 8.08 7 700 3144 10.5 -2.0 42 12.5 4.0 199 24 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.1 4.72 8 650 3755 6.0 -13.2 24 19.2 -1.9 202 25 315.7 316.1 289.6 322.7 2.12 9 600 4404 0.8 -20.7 18 21.5 -6.4 205 27 317.0 317.3 289.1 321.2 1.22 10 550 5095 -4.4 -27.4 15 22.9 -10.6 208 29 318.8 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.74 11 500 5838 -9.5 -32.4 14 22.8 -14.6 213 32 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.50 12 450 6643 -14.6 -38.4 11 23.8 -18.8 217 33 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.31 13 400 7524 -20.6 -43.2 11 22.6 -23.7 217 31 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 14 350 8496 -28.5 -48.1 14 19.5 -30.4 222 30 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 15 300 9580 -37.2 -51.5 21 14.3 -38.1 227 33 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 16 250 10818 -43.8 -60.7 14 17.0 -44.4 248 38 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 17 200 12301 -49.0 -72.1 5 23.1 -49.5 241 41 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14152 -58.4 -80.1 5 21.7 -58.6 244 39 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16620 -68.9 -82.5 12 13.6 -69.0 278 19 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.57 m Freezing level: 592.37 mb = 4509.33 m = 14794.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.83 mb = 3556.69 m = 11668.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 742.65 mb = 2647.22 m = 8685.00 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 17.09 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.61 mb = 3810.25 m = 12500.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.11 mb = 3189.69 m = 10464.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.11 mb = 4657.98 m = 15281.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.11 mb = 10021.85 m = 32879.70 ft B at Equ Level: 323.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.11 mb = 11942.05 m = 39179.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.69 Bulk Shear: 42.22 m/s