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,-115.50 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 88 1 950 526 2 900 989 SFC 860 1377 19.7 6.0 41 13.7 11.6 51 5 305.8 307.0 290.7 326.5 6.83 4 850 1480 19.0 5.2 40 13.8 11.0 49 6 306.1 307.3 290.6 326.0 6.55 5 800 1997 15.6 1.9 40 13.6 8.0 59 11 307.7 308.8 290.2 324.7 5.51 6 750 2540 11.3 -1.1 42 12.4 4.9 101 13 308.8 309.7 289.8 323.4 4.70 7 700 3111 6.2 -2.8 53 9.0 1.7 129 15 309.3 310.2 289.8 323.2 4.45 8 650 3713 1.2 -5.8 60 7.0 -2.0 139 15 310.3 311.0 289.5 322.3 3.81 9 600 4351 -3.1 -12.2 49 9.2 -6.6 166 16 312.6 313.0 288.9 320.6 2.49 10 550 5034 -7.5 -14.6 57 7.1 -10.1 153 12 315.1 315.6 289.5 322.5 2.24 11 500 5770 -11.5 -18.6 56 7.0 -13.7 109 12 319.0 319.3 290.3 325.0 1.77 12 450 6570 -17.3 -22.8 62 5.5 -18.8 68 15 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.36 13 400 7439 -24.8 -25.1 97 0.3 -24.9 59 20 322.7 323.0 290.9 327.1 1.24 14 350 8396 -31.2 -40.7 39 9.5 -32.3 50 17 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 15 300 9478 -35.8 -53.4 15 17.6 -37.0 92 6 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10730 -41.8 -64.3 7 22.4 -42.7 22 8 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12212 -49.4 -71.1 6 21.7 -49.9 318 4 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 14076 -55.3 -81.5 2 26.2 -55.7 287 10 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16581 -66.9 -83.4 8 16.4 -67.1 300 13 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.03 m Freezing level: 636.29 mb = 3887.86 m = 12755.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.08 mb = 3381.20 m = 11093.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.38 % Est. max temperature: 23.04 C = 73.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.12 mb = 3097.66 m = 10162.79 ft T: 6.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.85 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.20 mb = 4023.19 m = 13199.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 2.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.53 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 26.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7993.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.98 mb = 3576.68 m = 11734.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 109.6 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 139.6 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 17.33 m/s