MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 104 1 950 541 2 900 1002 3 850 1491 SFC 839 1605 17.6 11.8 69 5.8 13.8 129 6 305.7 307.7 293.6 337.0 10.41 5 800 2006 14.1 10.6 79 3.5 11.9 143 13 306.2 308.1 293.4 336.6 10.10 6 750 2548 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 7.0 156 25 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.4 6.92 7 700 3121 7.8 -8.7 30 16.5 0.5 176 28 311.1 311.7 288.8 320.2 2.84 8 650 3727 4.1 -20.7 14 24.8 -4.2 190 26 313.6 313.9 287.9 317.5 1.13 9 600 4371 -0.5 -23.6 16 23.1 -7.5 199 28 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.8 0.95 10 550 5059 -6.0 -26.5 18 20.5 -11.5 199 25 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.7 0.80 11 500 5797 -11.2 -29.4 21 18.1 -15.4 213 26 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.67 12 450 6597 -16.4 -30.9 27 14.5 -19.4 219 26 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.64 13 400 7473 -21.9 -43.7 12 21.8 -24.8 221 37 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.20 14 350 8442 -28.6 -48.7 13 20.1 -30.5 222 38 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9526 -37.3 -52.6 19 15.4 -38.2 227 35 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.10 16 250 10760 -46.0 -58.2 24 12.3 -46.4 230 26 337.7 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 17 200 12231 -49.3 -71.1 6 21.8 -49.8 238 24 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14091 -56.6 -80.6 3 24.0 -56.9 254 26 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16588 -67.7 -82.7 10 15.0 -67.8 268 11 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.74 m Freezing level: 605.03 mb = 4306.61 m = 14129.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.24 mb = 3188.13 m = 10459.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.93 % Est. max temperature: 23.25 C = 73.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.13 mb = 2336.89 m = 7666.86 ft T: 12.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.08 mb = 3356.66 m = 11012.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.02 mb = 2760.98 m = 9058.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.02 mb = 4693.80 m = 15399.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.02 mb = 8522.88 m = 27961.86 ft B at Equ Level: 173.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.02 mb = 11139.30 m = 36545.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 228.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 207.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 2.74 Bulk Shear: 63.68 m/s