MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 31.53,-105.20 Latitude: 31.53 Longitude: -105.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 1 950 576 2 900 1041 SFC 862 1410 21.8 14.3 62 7.5 16.7 104 8 307.7 309.9 295.3 343.9 11.96 4 850 1535 19.6 13.5 68 6.1 15.5 112 8 306.7 308.9 294.7 341.4 11.52 5 800 2053 14.8 12.2 84 2.7 13.1 143 7 307.0 309.1 294.5 340.7 11.20 6 750 2599 12.6 8.2 75 4.4 9.9 199 12 310.2 312.0 293.9 338.3 9.15 7 700 3174 8.7 5.4 80 3.2 6.8 205 16 312.1 313.6 293.6 337.1 8.09 8 650 3784 5.0 2.1 82 2.8 3.4 202 18 314.6 315.9 293.4 336.2 6.89 9 600 4434 1.0 -1.9 81 2.9 -0.6 200 17 317.2 318.3 293.0 334.9 5.54 10 550 5128 -3.6 -7.2 76 3.6 -5.3 202 17 319.8 320.6 292.5 333.0 4.04 11 500 5875 -8.7 -13.2 70 4.5 -10.4 212 21 322.5 323.0 292.2 331.7 2.77 12 450 6682 -14.7 -17.3 80 2.6 -15.6 218 28 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.2 2.18 13 400 7565 -19.8 -20.0 98 0.3 -19.8 218 37 329.3 329.7 293.3 336.1 1.95 14 350 8544 -26.0 -26.1 99 0.1 -26.0 218 44 333.7 334.0 293.9 338.4 1.30 15 300 9641 -34.3 -36.1 84 1.8 -34.5 221 45 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.3 0.59 16 250 10889 -44.5 -45.8 86 1.4 -44.6 227 49 339.9 340.0 294.6 340.9 0.25 17 200 12345 -54.7 -62.5 38 7.8 -54.8 224 58 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14152 -63.4 -74.4 21 11.0 -63.6 231 59 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16601 -69.9 -83.0 13 13.1 -70.0 197 16 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.93 m Freezing level: 589.42 mb = 4580.77 m = 15028.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.21 mb = 4336.92 m = 14228.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.53 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.08 mb = 2353.47 m = 7721.27 ft T: 13.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.39 mb = 2923.24 m = 9590.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 400.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.42 mb = 2470.91 m = 8106.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.42 mb = 3955.76 m = 12978.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.42 mb = 10715.67 m = 35155.96 ft B at Equ Level: 399.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.42 mb = 13499.53 m = 44289.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.7 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 235.7 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 50.08 m/s