MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F030.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: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 86 1 950 528 SFC 902 985 28.3 15.1 45 13.2 19.2 195 12 310.5 312.8 296.1 347.4 12.08 3 900 1002 26.8 14.8 48 12.0 18.6 195 14 309.1 311.4 295.6 345.1 11.83 4 850 1503 21.8 13.5 59 8.3 16.3 193 16 309.0 311.1 295.3 344.0 11.53 5 800 2025 16.8 12.4 75 4.4 13.9 194 16 309.1 311.2 295.2 343.7 11.39 6 750 2572 11.9 10.9 93 1.0 11.2 197 18 309.5 311.6 295.0 342.9 10.97 7 700 3146 8.1 5.6 84 2.5 6.6 206 21 311.4 313.0 293.5 336.7 8.19 8 650 3755 4.3 -0.7 70 5.0 1.7 215 25 313.8 314.9 292.1 331.5 5.61 9 600 4401 -0.6 -6.4 65 5.8 -3.3 220 28 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.2 3.95 10 550 5091 -5.1 -19.3 32 14.3 -9.8 220 29 318.0 318.3 289.7 323.1 1.50 11 500 5832 -9.9 -29.4 19 19.5 -14.6 221 29 320.9 321.0 289.8 323.3 0.67 12 450 6637 -14.5 -38.5 11 24.1 -18.7 228 33 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.30 13 400 7519 -20.6 -36.3 23 15.6 -23.3 233 34 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.8 0.43 14 350 8490 -28.7 -29.5 92 0.9 -28.8 233 41 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.5 0.95 15 300 9577 -35.8 -37.9 80 2.2 -36.0 235 56 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.8 0.48 16 250 10820 -44.9 -46.3 86 1.4 -45.0 232 63 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.24 17 200 12291 -50.6 -68.3 11 17.7 -51.0 243 59 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.02 18 150 14131 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.6 -59.4 238 38 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16597 -70.8 -82.2 17 11.4 -70.9 207 10 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.72 m Freezing level: 605.71 mb = 4327.62 m = 14198.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.13 mb = 3967.46 m = 13016.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.19 mb = 2636.58 m = 8650.10 ft T: 11.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 24.29 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2619.62 m = 8594.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.19 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 42.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1236.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.16 mb = 2547.37 m = 8357.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.16 mb = 2715.52 m = 8909.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.16 mb = 11451.44 m = 37569.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1223.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.16 mb = 14675.39 m = 48147.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 66.20 Bulk Shear: 18.67 m/s