MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 32.42,-111.07 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -111.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 533 SFC 906 946 24.9 15.1 54 9.8 18.2 152 5 306.6 308.8 294.9 342.6 11.96 3 900 1004 24.1 14.8 56 9.3 17.8 158 7 306.3 308.5 294.8 342.0 11.86 4 850 1501 20.3 12.9 62 7.4 15.4 182 15 307.4 309.5 294.5 340.8 11.06 5 800 2021 16.3 10.1 67 6.2 12.4 191 20 308.5 310.4 293.9 338.3 9.77 6 750 2568 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.0 203 25 310.1 311.7 293.2 335.6 8.29 7 700 3143 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 5.8 209 26 312.0 313.3 292.9 334.3 7.21 8 650 3752 4.4 -1.0 68 5.4 1.5 215 27 313.9 315.0 292.0 331.2 5.47 9 600 4398 -0.5 -8.0 57 7.5 -3.8 219 28 315.5 316.2 290.8 326.8 3.49 10 550 5088 -4.7 -22.8 23 18.2 -10.1 224 29 318.5 318.8 289.5 322.3 1.11 11 500 5831 -8.9 -31.2 14 22.3 -14.1 233 31 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.2 0.56 12 450 6639 -13.5 -37.8 11 24.3 -18.0 241 34 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.33 13 400 7524 -20.1 -37.8 19 17.7 -23.1 238 38 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.2 0.37 14 350 8497 -28.0 -32.0 68 4.0 -28.7 237 39 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.7 0.75 15 300 9585 -36.4 -37.3 92 0.9 -36.5 240 51 334.1 334.2 293.3 336.0 0.52 16 250 10825 -44.5 -54.3 33 9.8 -44.9 242 50 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.10 17 200 12295 -51.0 -68.9 10 17.9 -51.4 252 60 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14133 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 239 39 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16597 -71.3 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 171 7 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.31 m Freezing level: 605.23 mb = 4330.56 m = 14207.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.69 mb = 3931.74 m = 12899.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.39 mb = 2188.17 m = 7178.94 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 20.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2868.29 m = 9410.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.56 mb = 2427.05 m = 7962.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.56 mb = 3532.99 m = 11591.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.56 mb = 10889.91 m = 35727.60 ft B at Equ Level: 616.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.56 mb = 13055.14 m = 42831.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 11.01 Bulk Shear: 56.70 m/s