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: 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 61 1 950 500 2 900 966 SFC 859 1377 24.8 4.9 28 20.0 12.9 68 6 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.9 6.31 4 850 1464 23.4 4.4 29 19.0 12.3 63 7 310.7 311.9 291.7 329.9 6.20 5 800 1987 18.2 3.4 37 14.8 9.7 53 8 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.5 6.11 6 750 2535 13.0 2.1 48 10.8 6.9 42 10 310.6 311.8 291.5 329.1 5.96 7 700 3109 7.8 -0.7 55 8.5 3.4 37 13 311.1 312.1 291.0 327.4 5.19 8 650 3714 2.5 -3.9 62 6.5 -0.6 37 17 311.8 312.7 290.5 325.7 4.39 9 600 4355 -2.8 -8.7 64 5.9 -5.3 34 20 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.5 3.31 10 550 5038 -7.9 -13.6 63 5.7 -10.0 41 19 314.7 315.2 289.6 322.6 2.42 11 500 5773 -12.1 -18.0 62 5.8 -14.0 54 17 318.2 318.6 290.1 324.5 1.86 12 450 6572 -16.6 -23.8 54 7.2 -18.5 58 18 322.3 322.6 290.7 326.6 1.24 13 400 7447 -22.4 -28.1 60 5.7 -23.6 59 19 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.3 0.94 14 350 8412 -30.0 -31.9 83 1.9 -30.3 58 24 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.1 0.75 15 300 9494 -36.8 -41.0 65 4.1 -37.2 70 26 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.35 16 250 10739 -42.8 -63.0 9 20.2 -43.6 51 23 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12219 -50.5 -70.6 7 20.1 -51.0 56 24 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14066 -56.9 -81.0 3 24.2 -57.2 259 5 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16562 -67.2 -83.4 8 16.2 -67.3 255 8 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.44 m Freezing level: 626.16 mb = 4020.10 m = 13189.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.84 mb = 3616.44 m = 11864.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 638.98 mb = 3851.30 m = 12635.33 ft T: 1.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 625.20 mb = 4026.00 m = 13208.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.56 C Cross Totals Index: 16.58 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.05 mb = 3837.94 m = 12591.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.05 mb = 4420.47 m = 14502.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.05 mb = 6486.98 m = 21282.47 ft B at Equ Level: 51.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 365.05 mb = 8107.91 m = 26600.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 46.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 76.6 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.13 Bulk Shear: 10.14 m/s