MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 103 1 950 539 2 900 999 3 850 1486 SFC 838 1605 15.3 10.9 75 4.4 12.5 106 5 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.6 9.80 5 800 2001 15.1 9.7 70 5.4 11.7 142 14 307.2 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.46 6 750 2545 11.4 4.5 63 6.9 7.4 165 20 308.9 310.2 291.9 330.6 7.06 7 700 3118 8.1 -3.4 44 11.5 2.4 186 25 311.5 312.3 290.2 324.9 4.26 8 650 3725 4.2 -11.6 30 15.8 -2.3 200 27 313.7 314.2 289.2 321.6 2.41 9 600 4370 -0.4 -21.5 18 21.1 -7.1 207 27 315.7 315.9 288.6 319.5 1.14 10 550 5059 -5.7 -25.1 20 19.4 -11.1 208 30 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.5 0.90 11 500 5797 -11.1 -30.7 18 19.6 -15.5 216 34 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.6 0.59 12 450 6599 -15.6 -35.7 16 20.1 -19.3 222 34 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.2 0.41 13 400 7477 -21.4 -43.4 12 22.0 -24.4 224 36 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 14 350 8447 -28.7 -46.7 16 18.0 -30.6 231 40 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9532 -36.7 -53.1 17 16.4 -37.8 242 38 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.09 16 250 10769 -45.2 -58.2 22 13.0 -45.7 241 33 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12242 -49.7 -70.0 7 20.3 -50.2 248 34 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.02 18 150 14097 -57.1 -80.5 4 23.5 -57.3 252 35 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16588 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.8 -68.1 272 16 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.70 m Freezing level: 604.29 mb = 4315.11 m = 14157.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.48 mb = 3422.36 m = 11228.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.48 C = 74.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.76 mb = 2163.32 m = 7097.42 ft T: 13.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.80 mb = 3516.27 m = 11536.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.92 mb = 2861.99 m = 9389.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.92 mb = 4819.17 m = 15810.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.92 mb = 7718.47 m = 25322.76 ft B at Equ Level: 91.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.92 mb = 10075.30 m = 33055.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.01 Bulk Shear: 90.58 m/s