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 the city database file for: KTUS ... 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: KTUS Latitude: 32.12 Longitude: -110.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 536 SFC 902 985 23.8 15.7 60 8.2 18.2 150 6 305.9 308.2 295.1 343.4 12.51 3 900 1006 23.3 15.5 62 7.7 18.0 155 7 305.5 307.8 295.0 342.7 12.43 4 850 1502 19.9 13.5 66 6.4 15.7 180 15 307.0 309.2 294.7 341.7 11.51 5 800 2023 16.4 10.4 68 6.0 12.6 195 21 308.7 310.5 294.1 339.0 9.96 6 750 2570 13.0 7.2 67 5.9 9.5 208 23 310.7 312.3 293.6 336.9 8.50 7 700 3146 9.1 3.9 70 5.3 6.1 215 23 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.2 7.24 8 650 3756 4.8 -0.9 67 5.7 1.8 221 25 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.51 9 600 4403 -0.3 -7.5 58 7.2 -3.6 224 26 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.5 3.63 10 550 5093 -4.7 -21.1 26 16.4 -9.8 226 26 318.5 318.8 289.6 322.9 1.29 11 500 5836 -9.0 -31.5 14 22.6 -14.2 233 29 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.55 12 450 6644 -13.6 -38.6 10 25.0 -18.1 241 34 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.3 0.30 13 400 7529 -20.0 -38.3 18 18.4 -22.9 238 38 329.1 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.35 14 350 8503 -27.8 -32.3 66 4.5 -28.6 241 41 331.3 331.4 292.8 333.9 0.73 15 300 9592 -36.1 -36.4 97 0.3 -36.1 242 52 334.5 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.57 16 250 10833 -44.3 -53.8 34 9.5 -44.8 244 55 340.1 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.10 17 200 12305 -50.8 -68.2 11 17.4 -51.2 251 65 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14141 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 243 36 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16597 -71.3 -82.2 18 10.9 -71.3 194 6 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.50 m Freezing level: 603.04 mb = 4363.80 m = 14316.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3966.27 m = 13012.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.28 mb = 2019.75 m = 6626.41 ft T: 16.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.29 mb = 2895.87 m = 9500.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.14 mb = 2334.07 m = 7657.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.14 mb = 3678.95 m = 12069.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.14 mb = 10935.46 m = 35877.05 ft B at Equ Level: 671.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.14 mb = 13488.94 m = 44254.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 12.99 Bulk Shear: 52.18 m/s