MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 32.02,-111.46 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -111.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 529 SFC 904 961 22.4 16.5 69 5.9 18.4 169 7 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.6 13.22 3 900 998 22.8 16.4 68 6.3 18.4 172 9 305.0 307.4 295.4 344.4 13.19 4 850 1495 20.4 12.3 60 8.1 15.1 192 19 307.5 309.5 294.3 339.7 10.64 5 800 2016 17.4 7.9 54 9.5 11.6 202 23 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.4 8.38 6 750 2564 13.6 6.0 60 7.6 9.0 210 25 311.4 312.8 293.2 335.6 7.84 7 700 3142 9.6 2.9 63 6.7 5.8 216 25 313.1 314.4 292.9 334.3 6.77 8 650 3752 5.1 -1.1 64 6.2 1.8 221 26 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.9 5.43 9 600 4400 0.0 -8.3 54 8.3 -3.7 228 27 316.1 316.8 290.9 327.2 3.41 10 550 5091 -4.1 -24.6 18 20.6 -10.1 237 27 319.3 319.4 289.5 322.5 0.94 11 500 5836 -8.4 -34.0 11 25.5 -14.1 242 29 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.3 0.43 12 450 6645 -13.1 -40.4 8 27.2 -17.9 242 33 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.25 13 400 7531 -19.5 -42.0 12 22.5 -22.9 245 36 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 14 350 8507 -27.3 -36.6 41 9.3 -28.7 249 44 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.47 15 300 9599 -35.2 -38.9 69 3.7 -35.7 246 56 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.4 0.44 16 250 10844 -43.4 -51.1 42 7.7 -43.9 250 69 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.14 17 200 12317 -50.8 -67.8 12 17.0 -51.2 254 61 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.02 18 150 14157 -60.9 -79.1 7 18.2 -61.0 253 38 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16599 -70.6 -82.3 16 11.7 -70.7 293 12 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.87 m Freezing level: 599.93 mb = 4400.85 m = 14438.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3962.56 m = 13000.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.96 mb = 1710.20 m = 5610.84 ft T: 19.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3129.94 m = 10268.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.91 mb = 2452.57 m = 8046.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.91 mb = 3942.47 m = 12934.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.91 mb = 10195.32 m = 33448.80 ft B at Equ Level: 382.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.91 mb = 12481.77 m = 40950.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 8.72 Bulk Shear: 44.00 m/s