MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.95,-111.12 Latitude: 33.95 Longitude: -111.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 517 2 900 983 SFC 852 1463 25.0 10.4 40 14.6 15.5 207 8 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.0 9.34 4 850 1480 23.3 10.4 44 12.9 15.0 206 8 310.5 312.3 294.1 339.3 9.37 5 800 2004 18.0 8.7 55 9.3 12.2 206 10 310.4 312.0 293.7 337.6 8.88 6 750 2552 12.9 6.9 67 6.0 9.2 205 11 310.5 312.1 293.3 336.1 8.33 7 700 3127 7.8 4.2 78 3.6 5.7 205 13 311.1 312.5 292.8 334.0 7.41 8 650 3733 2.7 0.3 84 2.4 1.4 206 15 312.0 313.2 291.9 330.8 6.03 9 600 4375 -1.0 -14.3 36 13.3 -6.0 206 23 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.11 10 550 5064 -5.6 -25.4 19 19.8 -11.1 207 26 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.88 11 500 5803 -10.7 -30.4 18 19.7 -15.2 210 24 320.0 320.1 289.4 322.2 0.61 12 450 6606 -15.0 -38.3 12 23.3 -19.1 211 29 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.31 13 400 7487 -20.6 -42.9 12 22.3 -23.7 216 34 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 14 350 8458 -28.8 -42.6 25 13.8 -30.4 219 35 329.9 330.0 292.0 330.9 0.26 15 300 9540 -37.8 -42.5 61 4.7 -38.2 214 38 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.3 0.30 16 250 10780 -44.2 -57.1 23 12.9 -44.8 214 43 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12248 -52.0 -63.8 23 11.8 -52.3 212 44 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.6 0.04 18 150 14086 -58.4 -80.3 4 21.9 -58.6 252 29 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16561 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.7 -69.1 265 14 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.95 m Freezing level: 613.02 mb = 4208.18 m = 13806.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3852.97 m = 12640.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.67 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.29 mb = 3276.55 m = 10749.70 ft T: 6.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.01 mb = 3279.81 m = 10760.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 507.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.37 mb = 3180.89 m = 10435.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.37 mb = 3480.36 m = 11418.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.37 mb = 10247.57 m = 33620.22 ft B at Equ Level: 503.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.37 mb = 12562.91 m = 41216.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 28.03 Bulk Shear: 18.10 m/s