MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 106 1 950 542 2 900 1003 3 850 1491 SFC 839 1605 16.3 11.0 71 5.3 12.9 138 5 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.8 9.85 5 800 2009 16.6 8.5 59 8.0 11.6 161 10 308.8 310.4 293.2 335.5 8.75 6 750 2556 13.0 5.8 62 7.2 8.8 189 18 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.6 7.76 7 700 3132 8.8 -1.6 48 10.5 3.4 193 22 312.3 313.2 291.0 327.5 4.85 8 650 3740 4.2 -9.1 37 13.3 -1.6 200 24 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.2 2.95 9 600 4385 -0.6 -16.5 29 15.9 -6.3 207 27 315.4 315.8 289.1 321.3 1.76 10 550 5073 -5.7 -21.3 28 15.7 -10.5 208 31 317.4 317.6 289.3 321.7 1.27 11 500 5813 -10.6 -27.2 24 16.6 -14.7 211 34 320.1 320.3 289.7 323.0 0.82 12 450 6615 -15.3 -33.6 19 18.3 -18.9 218 38 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.8 0.50 13 400 7495 -20.8 -35.4 26 14.5 -23.4 226 36 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.7 0.47 14 350 8467 -28.4 -43.6 22 15.2 -30.1 235 38 330.5 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.23 15 300 9551 -37.0 -50.9 22 13.9 -37.9 237 42 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10790 -44.4 -60.0 16 15.6 -45.0 244 40 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12268 -49.2 -70.5 7 21.3 -49.7 247 45 354.8 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 14124 -57.5 -80.6 4 23.0 -57.8 249 38 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16601 -68.7 -82.6 12 13.9 -68.8 272 16 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.01 m Freezing level: 606.31 mb = 4303.37 m = 14118.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.08 mb = 3539.24 m = 11611.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.11 C = 75.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.35 mb = 2285.18 m = 7497.21 ft T: 14.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.23 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.79 mb = 3579.87 m = 11744.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.49 mb = 3054.69 m = 10021.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.49 mb = 4497.79 m = 14756.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.49 mb = 9287.00 m = 30468.77 ft B at Equ Level: 156.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.49 mb = 11019.86 m = 36153.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.2 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 238.2 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.14 Bulk Shear: 73.49 m/s