MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 31.14,-111.49 Latitude: 31.14 Longitude: -111.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 538 SFC 911 906 24.2 17.8 68 6.3 19.7 171 12 305.4 308.0 296.2 348.0 14.26 3 900 1010 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.0 172 15 305.2 307.8 295.9 346.8 13.92 4 850 1506 19.2 14.8 76 4.3 16.3 179 18 306.3 308.6 295.3 344.1 12.59 5 800 2025 15.5 12.0 80 3.5 13.2 187 20 307.7 309.7 294.6 341.1 11.07 6 750 2571 12.4 9.0 80 3.4 10.3 194 22 310.0 311.8 294.2 339.6 9.67 7 700 3147 8.9 5.9 81 3.1 7.1 205 24 312.4 314.0 293.9 338.2 8.33 8 650 3757 4.7 2.3 85 2.4 3.3 213 27 314.2 315.6 293.3 336.1 6.97 9 600 4404 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.8 218 28 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.7 4.98 10 550 5096 -4.1 -15.9 39 11.8 -8.4 227 30 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.0 2.01 11 500 5841 -8.0 -23.0 29 15.0 -12.5 238 32 323.3 323.6 291.0 327.5 1.20 12 450 6652 -13.0 -27.2 29 14.2 -16.6 243 36 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.2 0.92 13 400 7538 -19.6 -27.0 52 7.4 -21.4 243 38 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.2 1.05 14 350 8516 -26.6 -28.4 85 1.8 -27.0 248 44 332.8 333.0 293.5 336.6 1.05 15 300 9610 -34.7 -36.8 82 2.0 -35.0 248 52 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.5 0.55 16 250 10858 -43.4 -49.9 48 6.5 -43.8 249 60 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12333 -51.3 -62.3 26 11.0 -51.6 250 61 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.7 0.04 18 150 14164 -61.2 -79.0 8 17.8 -61.4 258 41 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16607 -71.2 -82.4 18 11.2 -71.3 297 6 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.91 m Freezing level: 602.46 mb = 4372.62 m = 14345.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.62 mb = 4170.33 m = 13682.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.37 mb = 1705.87 m = 5596.63 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 22.07 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2357.50 m = 7734.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 38.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 915.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.09 mb = 2002.69 m = 6570.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.09 mb = 3062.78 m = 10048.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.09 mb = 11208.30 m = 36772.18 ft B at Equ Level: 912.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.09 mb = 14281.78 m = 46855.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 111.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 20.20 Bulk Shear: 45.30 m/s