MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 95 1 950 532 2 900 995 3 850 1486 SFC 840 1588 21.0 6.6 39 14.4 12.3 163 10 309.2 310.6 292.2 331.6 7.28 5 800 2005 15.5 5.3 51 10.2 9.5 162 13 307.6 308.9 291.4 328.9 6.98 6 750 2547 10.2 4.1 66 6.0 6.7 161 13 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.6 6.86 7 700 3116 4.9 2.9 87 2.0 3.8 160 12 307.9 309.1 291.3 328.5 6.73 8 650 3716 -0.0 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.2 160 13 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.6 5.72 9 600 4353 -3.6 -7.4 75 3.9 -5.3 164 18 312.0 312.7 289.9 323.6 3.65 10 550 5036 -7.0 -13.1 62 6.1 -9.3 159 22 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.0 2.53 11 500 5774 -11.5 -19.4 52 7.9 -13.9 163 22 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.65 12 450 6573 -16.8 -24.8 50 8.1 -18.8 169 22 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.13 13 400 7447 -22.8 -29.9 53 7.0 -24.2 169 24 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.2 0.80 14 350 8411 -30.5 -36.9 54 6.4 -31.4 171 24 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.46 15 300 9485 -39.6 -44.3 61 4.7 -40.0 166 23 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.25 16 250 10712 -45.7 -60.5 17 14.7 -46.2 197 22 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12183 -50.0 -64.4 17 14.4 -50.4 199 20 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.03 18 150 14041 -55.6 -81.0 3 25.4 -55.9 207 14 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16547 -66.0 -82.9 8 16.9 -66.1 192 10 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.67 m Freezing level: 650.33 mb = 3711.96 m = 12178.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.69 mb = 3682.47 m = 12081.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.95 % Est. max temperature: 19.95 C = 67.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.83 mb = 3376.55 m = 11077.80 ft T: 2.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.37 mb = 3346.32 m = 10978.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.15 C = 68.26 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.84 mb = 3305.12 m = 10843.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.84 mb = 3484.64 m = 11432.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.84 mb = 5637.99 m = 18497.11 ft B at Equ Level: 47.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 358.84 mb = 8230.81 m = 27003.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 193.8 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -2.4 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.10 Bulk Shear: 4.70 m/s