MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 74 1 950 513 2 900 979 SFC 860 1377 24.5 5.2 29 19.3 13.0 75 7 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.8 6.45 4 850 1475 22.5 4.8 31 17.7 12.0 71 7 309.7 310.9 291.5 329.2 6.33 5 800 1997 17.1 3.7 41 13.4 9.4 60 7 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.6 6.24 6 750 2542 12.0 2.3 51 9.7 6.6 48 9 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.03 7 700 3115 7.3 -1.1 55 8.4 2.9 44 12 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.2 5.03 8 650 3719 2.2 -5.0 59 7.2 -1.2 49 14 311.5 312.2 290.0 324.3 4.06 9 600 4360 -2.8 -9.3 61 6.5 -5.5 60 15 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.0 3.16 10 550 5043 -7.7 -11.3 75 3.6 -9.1 74 16 314.9 315.5 290.1 324.4 2.93 11 500 5778 -12.5 -15.3 80 2.8 -13.4 76 16 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.6 2.33 12 450 6574 -18.0 -20.1 83 2.1 -18.6 76 17 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 13 400 7445 -23.8 -26.0 82 2.2 -24.3 83 15 324.0 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.15 14 350 8406 -30.6 -34.9 66 4.3 -31.2 85 14 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.56 15 300 9486 -37.0 -51.8 20 14.8 -38.0 51 26 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10731 -42.3 -64.3 7 22.0 -43.2 50 18 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12214 -49.9 -70.6 7 20.7 -50.4 24 13 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14071 -55.9 -81.4 3 25.5 -56.2 254 9 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16575 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 287 7 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.81 m Freezing level: 627.93 mb = 4002.22 m = 13130.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.04 mb = 3545.08 m = 11630.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 646.01 mb = 3768.75 m = 12364.51 ft T: 1.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.96 mb = 3957.39 m = 12983.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.95 C Cross Totals Index: 17.23 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 652.11 mb = 3692.98 m = 12115.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 587.11 mb = 4530.55 m = 14863.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.11 mb = 7496.75 m = 24595.35 ft B at Equ Level: 59.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 327.11 mb = 8879.86 m = 29133.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.3 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 96.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 5.63 m/s