MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.97,-115.50 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -115.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 518 2 900 981 SFC 859 1377 19.1 5.2 40 13.8 11.0 313 2 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.8 6.48 4 850 1472 19.6 4.1 36 15.4 10.7 332 2 306.6 307.8 290.3 325.1 6.05 5 800 1991 16.3 1.9 38 14.4 8.3 33 7 308.5 309.5 290.4 325.5 5.50 6 750 2535 12.0 1.4 48 10.7 6.2 78 9 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.1 5.64 7 700 3108 7.2 -1.3 55 8.5 2.8 126 11 310.5 311.4 290.6 326.0 4.98 8 650 3713 2.4 -8.0 46 10.4 -2.1 169 21 311.7 312.3 289.3 322.0 3.22 9 600 4354 -2.0 -9.8 55 7.8 -5.3 176 22 313.8 314.4 289.8 323.6 3.03 10 550 5041 -6.0 -14.8 50 8.8 -9.2 169 16 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.3 2.21 11 500 5780 -10.5 -18.8 50 8.3 -13.2 176 16 320.2 320.5 290.6 326.0 1.73 12 450 6582 -16.6 -22.0 63 5.4 -18.1 180 14 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.4 1.46 13 400 7454 -24.3 -25.6 89 1.3 -24.5 180 11 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.6 1.19 14 350 8412 -31.2 -36.7 58 5.5 -31.9 180 14 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.47 15 300 9496 -35.1 -56.0 10 20.9 -36.4 222 24 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.07 16 250 10746 -42.5 -63.8 8 21.3 -43.3 247 15 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 17 200 12233 -48.4 -72.6 4 24.2 -49.0 257 17 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14100 -55.7 -80.6 3 24.9 -56.0 263 20 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16596 -68.0 -83.4 9 15.4 -68.1 269 19 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.02 m Freezing level: 622.73 mb = 4062.39 m = 13327.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.57 mb = 3446.39 m = 11306.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.24 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.07 mb = 3119.12 m = 10233.20 ft T: 7.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.12 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 607.52 mb = 4254.19 m = 13957.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: 2.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.10 C Cross Totals Index: 14.65 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 69.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7590.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.37 mb = 3657.90 m = 12000.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 194.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 131.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 38.78 m/s