MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 18.45,-115.40 Latitude: 18.45 Longitude: -115.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 1 26.5 23.0 81 3.4 24.0 20 10 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.1 17.75 1 1000 120 25.2 22.0 82 3.2 22.9 21 10 298.4 301.4 296.0 347.4 16.84 2 950 569 21.1 20.6 97 0.5 20.8 20 10 298.6 301.6 295.8 346.2 16.34 3 900 1038 19.7 16.4 81 3.3 17.5 12 10 301.9 304.3 294.5 340.7 13.17 4 850 1530 18.2 13.5 74 4.7 15.1 6 10 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.7 11.52 5 800 2049 16.4 10.2 67 6.1 12.4 12 12 308.6 310.4 294.0 338.5 9.84 6 750 2596 13.7 6.9 63 6.8 9.6 19 15 311.5 313.0 293.6 337.3 8.36 7 700 3175 10.6 2.7 58 8.0 6.1 20 16 314.3 315.5 293.1 335.1 6.65 8 650 3789 7.2 -0.3 59 7.5 3.1 21 15 317.2 318.3 293.2 335.5 5.77 9 600 4444 3.5 -3.6 60 7.1 -0.2 34 12 320.2 321.1 293.3 336.0 4.88 10 550 5145 -0.9 -5.4 71 4.6 -3.1 54 10 323.1 324.0 293.9 338.3 4.65 11 500 5900 -5.3 -10.8 65 5.5 -7.7 60 11 326.6 327.2 293.8 337.8 3.35 12 450 6720 -10.1 -19.2 47 9.1 -13.2 62 10 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.0 1.86 13 400 7618 -15.8 -28.3 33 12.5 -18.9 89 9 334.5 334.7 293.8 337.9 0.93 14 350 8611 -22.5 -34.4 33 11.9 -24.7 95 5 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.59 15 300 9726 -30.0 -47.4 17 17.4 -31.9 25 4 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.8 0.18 16 250 10994 -40.9 -52.6 27 11.7 -41.6 94 9 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.12 17 200 12471 -52.8 -59.9 42 7.1 -52.9 77 11 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.06 18 150 14263 -67.5 -70.1 69 2.7 -67.5 131 11 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16629 -77.8 -82.9 43 5.1 -77.9 104 15 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.24 m Freezing level: 559.86 mb = 5006.70 m = 16425.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.38 mb = 4411.52 m = 14473.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.65 mb = 435.05 m = 1427.31 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1150.43 m = 3774.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 18.82 C K Index: 29.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.65 mb = 691.67 m = 2269.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.65 mb = 4556.72 m = 14949.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.65 mb = 9450.00 m = 31003.57 ft B at Equ Level: 134.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.65 mb = 12736.17 m = 41784.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 25.9 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 55.9 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 229.11 Bulk Shear: 0.59 m/s