MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 32.12,-110.93 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 60 1 950 501 2 900 974 SFC 899 985 27.4 13.2 41 14.2 17.8 199 16 309.8 311.9 294.8 342.3 10.63 4 850 1475 22.2 11.8 52 10.4 15.4 201 20 309.5 311.4 294.6 340.9 10.31 5 800 1998 17.3 10.9 66 6.4 13.1 203 19 309.5 311.5 294.6 340.9 10.28 6 750 2545 12.4 9.3 81 3.1 10.4 206 20 310.0 311.9 294.3 340.1 9.84 7 700 3121 8.9 4.3 73 4.6 6.2 208 22 312.3 313.8 293.2 335.5 7.44 8 650 3731 4.7 -2.8 58 7.5 0.9 210 27 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.5 4.79 9 600 4378 0.2 -14.8 31 15.0 -5.5 212 28 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.02 10 550 5068 -4.5 -24.5 19 20.0 -10.2 213 28 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.1 0.96 11 500 5812 -9.1 -31.7 14 22.6 -14.3 214 27 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.9 0.54 12 450 6618 -14.6 -36.3 14 21.7 -18.7 214 29 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.38 13 400 7498 -21.0 -37.3 22 16.3 -23.7 217 29 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.1 0.39 14 350 8469 -28.6 -33.1 65 4.5 -29.4 226 34 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.67 15 300 9555 -36.4 -41.4 60 5.0 -37.0 225 55 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.3 0.34 16 250 10800 -43.3 -56.6 22 13.4 -43.9 227 66 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.07 17 200 12270 -51.5 -68.0 12 16.5 -51.9 229 51 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14115 -58.2 -79.6 5 21.4 -58.5 234 33 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16576 -69.6 -82.7 13 13.1 -69.7 243 10 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.73 m Freezing level: 597.37 mb = 4414.11 m = 14481.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.93 mb = 3819.09 m = 12529.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.86 mb = 2772.40 m = 9095.69 ft T: 11.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.34 mb = 3093.20 m = 10148.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 38.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 738.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.75 mb = 2785.09 m = 9137.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.75 mb = 3558.54 m = 11674.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.75 mb = 10698.13 m = 35098.41 ft B at Equ Level: 730.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.75 mb = 13552.94 m = 44464.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 40.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 91.73 Bulk Shear: 8.05 m/s