MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 28.98,-109.81 Latitude: 28.98 Longitude: -109.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 522 SFC 929 714 25.4 21.1 77 4.3 22.3 221 9 304.8 308.0 298.0 356.3 17.21 3 900 997 23.7 18.4 72 5.4 19.9 218 15 306.0 308.8 296.8 350.7 14.93 4 850 1495 19.5 16.5 82 3.1 17.4 216 16 306.6 309.2 296.4 348.7 14.01 5 800 2015 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.4 215 17 308.7 311.0 295.7 345.7 12.20 6 750 2563 13.8 9.4 75 4.4 11.0 220 18 311.5 313.4 294.8 342.0 9.92 7 700 3142 10.1 5.6 74 4.5 7.4 227 19 313.7 315.3 294.1 339.2 8.20 8 650 3755 6.0 1.8 74 4.2 3.7 231 20 315.8 317.1 293.6 337.0 6.73 9 600 4406 1.8 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.5 235 20 318.2 319.2 293.0 334.9 5.23 10 550 5102 -2.5 -8.6 63 6.0 -5.3 241 21 321.1 321.8 292.5 333.0 3.64 11 500 5852 -7.2 -13.8 59 6.6 -9.8 251 23 324.2 324.7 292.6 333.1 2.63 12 450 6665 -12.0 -19.6 53 7.5 -14.5 255 30 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.4 1.80 13 400 7556 -17.6 -26.6 46 8.9 -19.9 247 37 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.0 1.09 14 350 8541 -24.9 -29.1 68 4.2 -25.8 245 44 335.2 335.4 294.0 338.8 0.99 15 300 9642 -33.0 -36.4 71 3.4 -33.4 248 49 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.57 16 250 10899 -42.2 -49.5 45 7.3 -42.7 239 52 343.3 343.4 295.3 344.0 0.17 17 200 12385 -50.3 -62.4 23 12.1 -50.7 244 48 353.1 353.2 297.4 353.3 0.04 18 150 14195 -64.8 -72.2 35 7.4 -64.9 260 46 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16603 -73.5 -82.3 25 8.8 -73.5 273 6 385.7 385.7 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.37 m Freezing level: 579.48 mb = 4691.64 m = 15392.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.10 mb = 4323.68 m = 14185.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.49 mb = 1257.44 m = 4125.41 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 23.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.92 mb = 2069.29 m = 6788.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.46 C = 85.03 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -4.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.73 C K Index: 38.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.05 mb = 1729.71 m = 5674.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.05 mb = 2882.03 m = 9455.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.05 mb = 11995.03 m = 39353.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.05 mb = 15927.43 m = 52254.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 154.82 Bulk Shear: 8.33 m/s