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: 34.52,-112.00 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -112.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 1 950 545 2 900 1008 SFC 865 1350 18.9 11.3 61 7.6 14.1 123 5 304.4 306.3 292.7 333.7 9.79 4 850 1498 17.1 10.5 65 6.6 12.9 130 7 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.2 9.42 5 800 2013 14.5 8.9 69 5.6 11.0 158 18 306.6 308.3 292.7 333.8 8.99 6 750 2556 11.3 3.1 57 8.3 6.7 176 23 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.5 6.37 7 700 3129 7.7 2.5 70 5.2 4.8 193 29 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.3 6.56 8 650 3736 3.5 -0.3 76 3.8 1.5 195 32 312.9 314.0 292.0 330.9 5.76 9 600 4380 -1.3 -8.7 57 7.3 -4.5 199 33 314.6 315.2 290.3 325.3 3.31 10 550 5067 -6.2 -19.2 35 13.0 -10.4 201 30 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.9 1.52 11 500 5806 -10.9 -24.5 32 13.6 -14.6 209 26 319.7 319.9 289.8 323.4 1.05 12 450 6607 -15.7 -30.9 26 15.2 -19.0 210 29 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.65 13 400 7485 -21.6 -37.8 22 16.2 -24.1 214 32 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.4 0.37 14 350 8454 -29.2 -39.9 35 10.7 -30.6 214 34 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 15 300 9534 -38.2 -44.7 50 6.5 -38.7 218 31 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.5 0.24 16 250 10762 -47.4 -49.6 78 2.2 -47.5 208 27 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.17 17 200 12232 -47.9 -71.6 5 23.7 -48.5 243 30 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 14099 -55.9 -80.8 3 24.9 -56.3 265 23 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16592 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.8 -69.1 274 16 394.4 394.4 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.63 m Freezing level: 613.79 mb = 4202.23 m = 13786.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.58 mb = 3890.93 m = 12765.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.59 C = 76.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.55 mb = 2306.56 m = 7567.38 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 5.31 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.79 mb = 3320.66 m = 10894.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 71.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 739.74 mb = 2670.14 m = 8760.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.74 mb = 4583.26 m = 15036.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.74 mb = 7397.19 m = 24268.70 ft B at Equ Level: 71.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.74 mb = 10376.25 m = 34042.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.4 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 227.4 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 70.74 m/s