MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 81 1 950 526 SFC 948 543 26.4 17.7 59 8.7 20.4 161 7 304.1 306.6 295.4 344.5 13.57 3 900 1000 22.3 16.6 70 5.7 18.4 179 13 304.5 307.0 295.3 344.3 13.34 4 850 1495 18.7 14.2 75 4.5 15.7 188 17 305.8 308.0 294.8 342.0 12.08 5 800 2013 15.7 6.4 54 9.4 10.2 190 23 307.9 309.3 292.0 330.9 7.54 6 750 2558 12.5 4.9 60 7.6 8.0 198 29 310.2 311.5 292.4 332.6 7.27 7 700 3134 8.8 1.8 61 7.0 4.9 204 30 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.7 6.24 8 650 3743 4.6 -3.8 54 8.4 0.4 208 31 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.2 4.43 9 600 4389 0.0 -15.1 31 15.2 -5.7 211 32 316.1 316.5 289.6 322.6 1.96 10 550 5079 -4.7 -26.8 16 22.1 -10.7 216 31 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.2 0.77 11 500 5822 -9.0 -33.5 12 24.5 -14.4 225 34 322.1 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.45 12 450 6630 -13.5 -42.0 7 28.5 -18.3 235 35 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.21 13 400 7514 -20.2 -39.3 17 19.1 -23.2 237 39 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.32 14 350 8487 -28.4 -31.5 75 3.1 -28.9 233 42 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.4 0.79 15 300 9573 -36.5 -40.1 70 3.6 -36.9 238 47 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.39 16 250 10816 -43.7 -57.1 21 13.4 -44.3 237 54 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.07 17 200 12289 -50.7 -68.7 10 18.1 -51.1 251 55 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.02 18 150 14128 -59.2 -79.2 6 20.0 -59.5 243 38 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16596 -70.1 -82.3 15 12.2 -70.2 94 7 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.51 m Freezing level: 599.90 mb = 4390.54 m = 14404.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.47 mb = 3786.63 m = 12423.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.39 mb = 1643.05 m = 5390.53 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.60 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.90 mb = 2325.92 m = 7630.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.38 C = 88.49 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1028.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.83 mb = 1793.26 m = 5883.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.83 mb = 3182.64 m = 10441.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.83 mb = 11200.79 m = 36747.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1017.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.83 mb = 14299.75 m = 46914.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 19.31 Bulk Shear: 53.25 m/s