MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 32.15,-105.95 Latitude: 32.15 Longitude: -105.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 556 2 900 1023 SFC 860 1421 23.8 13.4 52 10.4 16.8 132 13 310.1 312.2 295.4 344.7 11.34 4 850 1519 21.9 12.7 56 9.2 15.8 135 14 309.1 311.2 294.9 342.3 10.92 5 800 2042 16.8 11.4 71 5.4 13.3 144 13 309.0 311.0 294.7 341.4 10.66 6 750 2588 11.9 10.0 88 1.8 10.7 163 11 309.5 311.4 294.6 341.0 10.35 7 700 3163 8.2 6.9 92 1.3 7.5 202 12 311.6 313.3 294.1 339.3 8.98 8 650 3772 4.4 2.7 88 1.7 3.4 216 17 314.0 315.3 293.4 336.4 7.17 9 600 4420 0.4 -7.6 55 8.0 -3.2 211 22 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.2 3.59 10 550 5112 -3.9 -19.3 29 15.4 -9.1 210 25 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.6 1.51 11 500 5857 -9.1 -22.4 33 13.3 -13.0 215 28 321.9 322.2 290.6 326.3 1.27 12 450 6662 -14.8 -25.8 39 11.0 -17.6 221 33 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.3 1.04 13 400 7543 -20.7 -38.6 19 17.9 -23.5 226 40 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.4 0.34 14 350 8519 -26.6 -37.2 36 10.6 -28.2 220 50 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.45 15 300 9612 -34.7 -49.5 21 14.8 -35.9 218 43 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.14 16 250 10859 -44.5 -55.0 30 10.5 -45.0 217 39 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.09 17 200 12322 -53.4 -66.6 19 13.2 -53.7 220 43 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14130 -62.5 -74.6 18 12.1 -62.6 237 55 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16590 -68.4 -83.2 10 14.8 -68.5 219 20 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.24 m Freezing level: 595.15 mb = 4486.82 m = 14720.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.19 mb = 4100.03 m = 13451.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.23 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.90 mb = 2723.57 m = 8935.48 ft T: 11.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 20.13 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2883.98 m = 9461.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.05 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 42.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.04 mb = 2721.95 m = 8930.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.04 mb = 3245.11 m = 10646.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.04 mb = 11044.14 m = 36233.62 ft B at Equ Level: 656.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.04 mb = 14004.39 m = 45945.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 10.48 Bulk Shear: 62.90 m/s