MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 97 1 950 534 2 900 998 3 850 1490 SFC 839 1605 22.3 8.9 42 13.4 13.8 161 13 310.7 312.3 293.6 336.9 8.54 5 800 2011 16.3 7.2 55 9.1 10.7 161 18 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.8 7.96 6 750 2555 11.0 5.4 68 5.6 7.7 161 18 308.5 309.9 292.1 331.5 7.50 7 700 3126 5.8 3.2 83 2.6 4.4 166 18 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.1 6.89 8 650 3729 3.4 -14.4 26 17.8 -3.4 188 20 312.8 313.1 288.4 319.1 1.92 9 600 4373 -1.2 -24.6 15 23.4 -8.0 193 24 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.8 0.87 10 550 5059 -6.5 -25.5 20 19.0 -11.6 195 20 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.88 11 500 5796 -11.7 -23.0 38 11.3 -14.8 206 19 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.9 1.20 12 450 6594 -17.1 -30.2 31 13.1 -19.8 205 21 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.2 0.69 13 400 7468 -22.2 -33.4 36 11.2 -24.2 215 26 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.57 14 350 8436 -28.9 -43.0 24 14.2 -30.5 216 39 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 15 300 9519 -37.4 -51.9 21 14.5 -38.4 216 37 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.11 16 250 10753 -45.6 -59.3 20 13.7 -46.1 221 26 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.05 17 200 12227 -49.3 -72.1 5 22.8 -49.8 242 23 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14088 -55.8 -80.8 3 24.9 -56.2 259 16 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16582 -67.8 -82.7 10 14.9 -67.8 238 11 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.07 m Freezing level: 612.76 mb = 4208.40 m = 13806.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.05 mb = 3457.58 m = 11343.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.57 % Est. max temperature: 21.42 C = 70.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.62 mb = 3271.20 m = 10732.14 ft T: 5.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 19.13 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.24 mb = 3443.19 m = 11296.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.54 C = 72.58 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 182.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.45 mb = 3214.13 m = 10544.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.45 mb = 4539.28 m = 14892.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.45 mb = 8283.68 m = 27177.09 ft B at Equ Level: 181.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.45 mb = 10820.67 m = 35500.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 12.01 Bulk Shear: 15.17 m/s