MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.11,-114.06 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -114.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 962 403 31.6 4.4 18 27.2 15.5 232 9 308.1 309.2 290.2 324.9 5.45 2 950 509 31.5 3.1 17 28.3 15.0 235 14 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.8 5.05 3 900 989 27.4 1.6 19 25.8 12.9 226 19 309.8 310.7 290.2 324.7 4.78 4 850 1490 23.6 3.3 27 20.3 11.9 206 22 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.71 5 800 2015 19.8 -1.9 23 21.8 8.3 201 23 312.3 313.1 290.4 325.4 4.15 6 750 2566 15.5 -10.0 16 25.5 4.0 209 22 313.4 313.9 289.1 321.1 2.38 7 700 3145 10.9 -16.8 13 27.8 0.2 213 23 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.5 1.46 8 650 3756 6.2 -21.6 11 27.9 -3.2 215 26 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.6 1.04 9 600 4405 1.1 -26.1 11 27.2 -6.9 216 28 317.4 317.6 288.8 320.1 0.76 10 550 5097 -4.0 -30.5 11 26.5 -10.7 217 31 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.3 0.55 11 500 5841 -9.1 -33.8 11 24.7 -14.5 220 34 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.6 0.44 12 450 6648 -14.2 -40.8 8 26.7 -18.7 224 35 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.24 13 400 7531 -20.2 -52.2 4 32.0 -23.7 235 34 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 14 350 8506 -27.5 -53.6 6 26.1 -29.7 246 36 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9595 -35.9 -54.7 13 18.7 -37.1 247 34 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 16 250 10840 -42.6 -61.9 10 19.3 -43.4 260 47 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 17 200 12328 -48.5 -72.4 5 23.9 -49.1 262 37 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 14181 -58.7 -79.8 5 21.1 -59.0 248 33 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16644 -71.0 -82.4 17 11.4 -71.0 244 13 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.38 m Freezing level: 588.94 mb = 4558.35 m = 14955.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.12 mb = 3178.68 m = 10428.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.30 % Est. max temperature: 35.34 C = 95.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.31 mb = 3802.45 m = 12475.09 ft T: 5.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 544.82 mb = 5171.17 m = 16965.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.88 C = 109.18 F Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lifted Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.48 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.65 C Cross Totals Index: 12.34 C K Index: 8.17 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8110.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 622.64 mb = 4104.91 m = 13467.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 19.41 m/s