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: 34.48,-112.53 Latitude: 34.48 Longitude: -112.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 1 950 541 2 900 1003 3 850 1490 SFC 836 1627 17.2 12.4 73 4.8 14.0 131 5 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.1 10.85 5 800 2005 14.0 10.6 80 3.3 11.9 145 12 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.4 10.09 6 750 2548 11.1 1.9 53 9.2 6.1 160 25 308.7 309.8 290.8 326.8 5.87 7 700 3120 8.2 -6.5 34 14.7 1.4 182 29 311.6 312.2 289.5 322.2 3.35 8 650 3727 3.9 -15.3 23 19.2 -3.4 189 32 313.3 313.7 288.5 319.2 1.78 9 600 4371 -0.5 -24.9 14 24.4 -7.7 196 32 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.4 0.84 10 550 5059 -6.0 -26.3 18 20.3 -11.4 197 27 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.8 0.81 11 500 5797 -11.3 -29.0 22 17.7 -15.4 210 31 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.7 0.70 12 450 6598 -15.5 -37.1 14 21.7 -19.4 215 33 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.35 13 400 7477 -21.0 -45.3 9 24.3 -24.2 220 39 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.17 14 350 8449 -28.6 -45.7 18 17.1 -30.4 219 38 330.2 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.18 15 300 9532 -37.7 -48.7 31 11.0 -38.5 221 30 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 16 250 10763 -46.1 -57.5 26 11.4 -46.5 226 22 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.06 17 200 12234 -49.6 -70.8 7 21.2 -50.1 240 29 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14094 -56.2 -80.6 3 24.4 -56.5 255 25 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16587 -67.9 -82.7 10 14.9 -67.9 255 10 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.14 m Freezing level: 606.07 mb = 4293.23 m = 14085.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.59 mb = 3290.72 m = 10796.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.40 mb = 2235.31 m = 7333.59 ft T: 12.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.69 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.77 mb = 3506.32 m = 11503.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.17 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.05 mb = 2863.02 m = 9393.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 567.05 mb = 4817.85 m = 15806.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.05 mb = 6988.92 m = 22929.24 ft B at Equ Level: 72.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.05 mb = 9829.65 m = 32249.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.4 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 228.4 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 229.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.90 Bulk Shear: 81.40 m/s