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: 32.29,-106.17 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -106.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 1 950 567 2 900 1034 SFC 866 1364 23.5 13.4 53 10.1 16.7 167 4 309.1 311.2 295.1 343.2 11.23 4 850 1530 21.0 12.7 59 8.4 15.5 164 5 308.2 310.2 294.6 341.2 10.89 5 800 2051 15.9 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 165 7 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.3 10.63 6 750 2596 11.9 8.4 79 3.5 9.7 175 9 309.5 311.3 293.8 337.9 9.28 7 700 3171 8.4 4.9 78 3.5 6.3 190 13 311.8 313.3 293.3 335.9 7.79 8 650 3780 4.1 2.0 86 2.1 2.9 207 17 313.6 314.9 293.0 334.9 6.82 9 600 4427 -0.2 -6.8 61 6.6 -3.2 207 21 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.2 3.82 10 550 5118 -4.2 -17.9 34 13.7 -8.9 203 25 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.8 1.70 11 500 5861 -9.5 -22.2 35 12.7 -13.3 208 29 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.9 1.29 12 450 6666 -15.4 -21.3 61 5.9 -17.1 216 35 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.3 1.56 13 400 7545 -21.1 -37.3 22 16.2 -23.7 220 41 327.6 327.6 291.5 329.0 0.39 14 350 8519 -27.2 -44.8 17 17.5 -29.2 213 50 332.1 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.20 15 300 9612 -34.7 -50.7 18 16.1 -35.9 218 48 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.12 16 250 10860 -44.2 -54.3 32 10.1 -44.7 219 39 340.3 340.3 294.5 340.7 0.10 17 200 12321 -53.7 -65.4 23 11.7 -53.9 221 46 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14130 -63.0 -73.9 22 10.9 -63.1 226 54 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.6 -83.1 11 14.6 -68.7 206 21 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.08 m Freezing level: 602.25 mb = 4397.38 m = 14426.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.03 mb = 4083.62 m = 13397.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.88 mb = 2630.86 m = 8631.33 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.16 mb = 2957.77 m = 9703.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 39.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.48 mb = 2657.70 m = 8719.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.48 mb = 3537.58 m = 11606.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.48 mb = 10604.89 m = 34792.52 ft B at Equ Level: 581.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.48 mb = 13361.94 m = 43837.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.2 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 236.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 14.55 Bulk Shear: 40.16 m/s