MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 32.59,-111.84 Latitude: 32.59 Longitude: -111.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 521 SFC 948 543 25.0 16.8 60 8.3 19.4 136 5 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.7 12.79 3 900 995 23.1 15.4 62 7.6 17.9 172 15 305.3 307.6 294.8 342.2 12.35 4 850 1491 19.7 11.7 60 8.0 14.5 191 21 306.8 308.7 293.7 337.6 10.21 5 800 2011 16.7 5.7 48 11.1 10.2 199 26 309.0 310.3 292.0 331.0 7.18 6 750 2558 13.2 5.5 59 7.8 8.6 202 28 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.55 7 700 3135 9.4 2.8 63 6.7 5.6 208 28 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.8 6.69 8 650 3745 4.9 -1.8 62 6.7 1.4 212 28 314.5 315.5 292.0 330.9 5.17 9 600 4392 -0.2 -8.9 52 8.8 -4.0 216 29 315.9 316.6 290.7 326.4 3.24 10 550 5083 -4.4 -25.2 18 20.8 -10.4 222 29 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.9 0.89 11 500 5826 -8.8 -33.7 11 24.9 -14.3 228 32 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.44 12 450 6635 -13.5 -41.6 7 28.1 -18.3 237 36 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.22 13 400 7520 -19.7 -44.2 9 24.5 -23.1 246 37 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.2 0.19 14 350 8496 -27.3 -34.3 51 7.0 -28.5 250 46 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.2 0.60 15 300 9586 -35.9 -36.4 94 0.6 -35.9 246 55 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.56 16 250 10830 -43.4 -54.5 28 11.1 -44.0 250 65 341.5 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.09 17 200 12308 -49.6 -69.0 9 19.4 -50.1 255 63 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.02 18 150 14149 -60.5 -78.5 8 18.0 -60.7 251 34 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16597 -69.9 -82.3 15 12.4 -70.0 199 1 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.40 m Freezing level: 601.61 mb = 4371.41 m = 14341.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.77 mb = 3911.34 m = 12832.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.79 mb = 1595.01 m = 5232.91 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.15 mb = 2816.54 m = 9240.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.94 C = 93.10 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 33.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 504.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.87 mb = 2022.88 m = 6636.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.87 mb = 3821.70 m = 12538.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.87 mb = 10461.61 m = 34322.44 ft B at Equ Level: 500.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.87 mb = 12845.79 m = 42144.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 242.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 8.38 Bulk Shear: 60.24 m/s