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: 35.97,-115.15 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -115.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 518 SFC 908 907 22.5 8.6 41 13.9 14.0 18 3 303.9 305.3 290.9 327.1 7.75 3 900 986 22.0 8.2 41 13.8 13.6 20 3 304.2 305.6 290.9 326.9 7.58 4 850 1479 19.6 3.4 34 16.3 10.4 63 7 306.7 307.8 290.0 324.3 5.74 5 800 1997 15.9 1.3 37 14.6 7.9 99 10 308.1 309.1 290.1 324.4 5.27 6 750 2541 11.3 -0.8 43 12.1 5.0 118 12 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.7 4.81 7 700 3112 6.2 -1.5 58 7.7 2.2 126 14 309.3 310.2 290.1 324.5 4.88 8 650 3714 1.3 -4.3 66 5.5 -1.3 154 16 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.9 4.29 9 600 4353 -3.0 -9.4 61 6.4 -5.7 178 22 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.6 3.13 10 550 5036 -7.3 -14.6 56 7.3 -9.9 156 13 315.4 315.9 289.6 322.8 2.25 11 500 5773 -11.7 -18.5 57 6.7 -13.9 118 13 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.7 1.78 12 450 6571 -17.6 -22.8 64 5.2 -19.0 89 12 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.8 1.36 13 400 7440 -25.0 -26.2 90 1.2 -25.3 58 16 322.4 322.7 290.7 326.4 1.12 14 350 8396 -31.2 -40.8 39 9.5 -32.3 79 11 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 15 300 9479 -35.8 -54.2 13 18.4 -37.0 117 6 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.08 16 250 10729 -41.9 -64.9 6 23.0 -42.8 36 5 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 17 200 12211 -49.8 -70.7 7 20.9 -50.3 331 5 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14077 -55.5 -81.4 3 25.8 -55.9 277 12 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16582 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 301 13 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.31 m Freezing level: 635.13 mb = 3903.82 m = 12807.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.58 mb = 3484.72 m = 11432.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.59 mb = 2656.42 m = 8715.17 ft T: 10.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 2.86 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 642.19 mb = 3810.22 m = 12500.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.86 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.38 C Cross Totals Index: 15.12 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 66.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7597.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.31 mb = 3295.71 m = 10812.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.7 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 161.7 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 25.13 m/s