MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 19.8,-111.54 Latitude: 19.80 Longitude: -111.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27.0 23.3 80 3.7 24.3 305 12 299.0 302.3 297.0 351.8 18.08 1 1000 120 25.7 22.1 80 3.7 23.1 306 13 298.9 302.0 296.3 348.4 16.98 2 950 570 21.6 21.0 96 0.6 21.2 307 14 299.1 302.1 296.1 347.7 16.66 3 900 1039 20.1 16.1 78 4.0 17.4 309 16 302.2 304.5 294.4 340.2 12.89 4 850 1532 18.0 12.7 72 5.2 14.6 309 14 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.7 10.95 5 800 2049 15.5 10.1 70 5.4 12.1 310 11 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.2 9.74 6 750 2595 12.5 6.9 69 5.6 9.1 311 9 310.1 311.7 293.2 335.7 8.34 7 700 3171 8.9 6.0 82 2.9 7.2 341 6 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.5 8.44 8 650 3782 5.9 4.5 91 1.4 5.1 2 8 315.7 317.2 294.6 341.3 8.18 9 600 4434 2.1 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 347 8 318.6 319.8 293.9 338.3 6.16 10 550 5131 -2.5 -4.9 84 2.4 -3.7 331 5 321.1 322.0 293.5 336.8 4.83 11 500 5884 -5.8 -11.2 65 5.4 -8.1 244 3 326.0 326.7 293.6 337.0 3.25 12 450 6703 -10.6 -14.5 73 3.9 -12.1 41 3 329.9 330.4 294.1 339.4 2.76 13 400 7600 -15.5 -22.7 54 7.2 -17.6 340 9 334.8 335.2 294.4 340.4 1.55 14 350 8595 -22.2 -28.5 56 6.3 -23.7 335 3 338.9 339.1 295.0 342.7 1.04 15 300 9710 -30.1 -39.1 41 9.0 -31.4 199 6 343.0 343.0 295.4 344.6 0.43 16 250 10980 -40.5 -47.3 48 6.8 -41.0 216 7 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.8 0.21 17 200 12459 -52.6 -57.9 52 5.3 -52.8 157 9 349.5 349.5 296.6 349.8 0.08 18 150 14260 -66.4 -67.5 86 1.1 -66.4 345 13 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.03 19 100 16612 -79.6 -82.7 59 3.2 -79.6 120 12 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.69 m Freezing level: 577.04 mb = 4754.46 m = 15598.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.78 mb = 4544.93 m = 14911.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.39 mb = 465.54 m = 1527.35 ft T: 22.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1152.26 m = 3780.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 353.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.87 mb = 728.03 m = 2388.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.87 mb = 2618.51 m = 8590.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.87 mb = 10499.48 m = 34446.69 ft B at Equ Level: 352.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.87 mb = 14343.08 m = 47056.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.7 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 349.7 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -7.6 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 107.24 Bulk Shear: 3.30 m/s