MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 34.71,-112.40 Latitude: 34.71 Longitude: -112.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 112 1 950 549 2 900 1011 3 850 1501 SFC 841 1588 20.1 7.3 43 12.8 12.3 151 9 308.1 309.5 292.1 331.3 7.63 5 800 2017 14.0 5.8 58 8.2 9.2 150 12 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.0 7.24 6 750 2556 8.8 4.4 74 4.4 6.3 150 13 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.4 7.01 7 700 3123 3.8 2.2 89 1.6 2.9 151 14 306.7 307.9 290.6 326.3 6.41 8 650 3721 0.5 -4.1 71 4.6 -1.7 155 19 309.5 310.3 289.7 323.0 4.34 9 600 4359 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -5.1 154 22 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.0 3.66 10 550 5043 -7.1 -12.1 68 5.0 -9.0 149 24 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.76 11 500 5781 -11.0 -20.2 46 9.3 -13.8 158 22 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.53 12 450 6582 -16.2 -27.5 37 11.2 -18.8 163 23 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.0 0.89 13 400 7457 -22.7 -35.2 31 12.6 -24.8 160 23 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.48 14 350 8421 -30.6 -37.8 49 7.2 -31.5 165 23 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.42 15 300 9495 -39.5 -41.4 82 1.9 -39.7 167 24 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.34 16 250 10721 -45.9 -57.0 27 11.1 -46.3 175 20 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.07 17 200 12194 -50.0 -67.3 11 17.4 -50.4 179 17 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14050 -56.1 -80.9 3 24.8 -56.4 201 12 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16555 -66.5 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.7 198 12 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.37 m Freezing level: 643.85 mb = 3799.77 m = 12466.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.14 mb = 3498.95 m = 11479.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.58 % Est. max temperature: 19.23 C = 66.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 695.43 mb = 3175.66 m = 10418.71 ft T: 3.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 8.29 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.29 mb = 3119.35 m = 10233.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.79 C = 65.82 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.44 mb = 3094.21 m = 10151.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.44 mb = 3507.42 m = 11507.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 567.44 mb = 4797.83 m = 15740.73 ft B at Equ Level: 12.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 507.44 mb = 5666.69 m = 18591.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 155.4 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 185.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 9.65 m/s