MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 32.70,-111.14 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -111.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 538 SFC 918 841 28.1 8.0 28 20.1 15.6 261 6 308.7 310.1 292.0 331.2 7.35 3 900 1012 25.2 7.2 32 18.0 14.3 254 5 307.5 308.9 291.5 329.2 7.11 4 850 1509 20.2 6.2 40 14.1 11.9 230 5 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.7 7.00 5 800 2027 15.2 5.1 51 10.1 9.3 195 5 307.4 308.7 291.3 328.5 6.92 6 750 2569 10.1 4.0 66 6.1 6.6 175 6 307.5 308.8 291.3 328.4 6.83 7 700 3138 4.8 2.4 84 2.4 3.5 164 8 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.7 6.51 8 650 3738 0.9 -3.9 71 4.7 -1.4 173 16 309.9 310.8 289.9 323.8 4.42 9 600 4378 -2.2 -13.6 41 11.4 -6.5 199 16 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.9 2.24 10 550 5064 -6.4 -15.0 50 8.7 -9.5 229 17 316.5 317.0 289.9 323.7 2.17 11 500 5803 -10.7 -18.5 53 7.8 -13.2 246 24 320.0 320.3 290.6 326.0 1.78 12 450 6606 -15.2 -26.2 39 11.0 -17.9 251 25 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 1.01 13 400 7485 -21.6 -34.5 30 12.9 -23.9 258 26 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.8 0.51 14 350 8452 -29.9 -37.4 48 7.5 -30.9 249 27 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.44 15 300 9530 -37.1 -49.0 28 11.9 -38.0 251 36 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.15 16 250 10775 -43.2 -61.6 11 18.5 -43.9 244 40 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.04 17 200 12251 -51.5 -68.8 11 17.3 -51.8 247 42 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14077 -59.9 -76.4 10 16.5 -60.1 255 26 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16572 -66.5 -82.9 8 16.4 -66.7 209 5 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.05 m Freezing level: 636.02 mb = 3917.19 m = 12851.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3562.55 m = 11688.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.91 mb = 3326.42 m = 10913.31 ft T: 3.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.15 mb = 3406.85 m = 11177.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 16.88 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 108.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5498.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.83 mb = 3268.29 m = 10722.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 12.51 m/s