MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.52,-112.29 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -112.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 546 2 900 1007 3 850 1494 SFC 845 1546 16.3 12.2 77 4.1 13.7 151 6 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.64 5 800 2012 16.2 9.9 67 6.2 12.2 173 15 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.7 9.64 6 750 2558 12.2 6.8 69 5.5 8.9 181 20 309.9 311.4 293.1 335.3 8.28 7 700 3133 8.6 2.5 66 6.0 5.2 194 24 312.0 313.2 292.4 332.4 6.57 8 650 3741 4.3 -2.6 61 6.8 0.8 206 31 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.2 4.87 9 600 4388 -0.2 -12.9 38 12.7 -5.3 216 32 315.9 316.3 289.9 323.6 2.36 10 550 5077 -5.4 -21.0 28 15.7 -10.2 216 33 317.7 318.0 289.4 322.1 1.30 11 500 5818 -10.0 -26.9 24 16.8 -14.3 217 38 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.8 0.85 12 450 6622 -14.6 -33.5 18 18.9 -18.4 220 40 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.50 13 400 7504 -20.3 -38.1 19 17.9 -23.2 226 37 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.36 14 350 8478 -27.8 -41.9 25 14.1 -29.6 236 35 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.3 0.27 15 300 9565 -36.6 -45.3 40 8.7 -37.3 239 33 333.8 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.22 16 250 10803 -45.1 -56.3 27 11.2 -45.6 242 33 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.07 17 200 12275 -50.3 -68.6 10 18.4 -50.7 247 44 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 18 150 14124 -57.8 -80.1 4 22.3 -58.1 250 40 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16602 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.7 -68.0 265 8 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.37 m Freezing level: 602.55 mb = 4354.77 m = 14287.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.53 mb = 3822.30 m = 12540.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.32 C = 75.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.26 mb = 2062.22 m = 6765.73 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3308.94 m = 10855.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 220.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.85 mb = 2773.39 m = 9098.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.85 mb = 4309.35 m = 14138.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.85 mb = 9893.17 m = 32457.50 ft B at Equ Level: 217.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.85 mb = 11771.43 m = 38619.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 74.72 m/s