MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 37.82,-101.15 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -101.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 586 SFC 913 926 22.2 8.1 40 14.1 13.7 185 13 303.1 304.5 290.4 325.5 7.46 3 900 1053 20.6 7.0 41 13.6 12.6 188 19 302.8 304.1 289.9 323.7 7.00 4 850 1545 18.6 5.5 42 13.1 11.0 196 28 305.7 306.9 290.6 326.0 6.69 5 800 2061 15.1 5.1 51 10.0 9.3 194 23 307.2 308.5 291.2 328.2 6.88 6 750 2604 11.1 3.8 61 7.3 7.0 189 19 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.3 6.72 7 700 3176 6.9 0.6 64 6.3 3.5 185 17 310.1 311.2 291.1 327.9 5.71 8 650 3781 2.9 -0.9 76 3.7 0.9 188 15 312.2 313.3 291.6 329.5 5.53 9 600 4425 -1.0 -3.9 81 2.9 -2.4 196 15 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.3 4.79 10 550 5115 -4.8 -8.8 74 4.0 -6.5 198 15 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.58 11 500 5860 -8.7 -14.3 64 5.7 -10.8 190 18 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.0 2.52 12 450 6669 -14.0 -20.6 57 6.6 -16.0 185 19 325.7 326.0 292.1 331.4 1.65 13 400 7552 -20.6 -26.6 58 6.1 -22.0 209 16 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.1 1.08 14 350 8527 -26.4 -31.9 60 5.5 -27.4 196 22 333.1 333.3 293.3 335.9 0.75 15 300 9620 -36.2 -39.9 69 3.7 -36.6 205 19 334.4 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.40 16 250 10856 -46.8 -47.0 98 0.2 -46.9 210 31 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 17 200 12298 -56.5 -61.8 51 5.3 -56.6 226 27 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 18 150 14099 -60.4 -75.2 13 14.9 -60.5 214 15 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16596 -65.3 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.5 159 1 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.09 m Freezing level: 612.47 mb = 4264.85 m = 13992.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.98 mb = 3956.72 m = 12981.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 741.42 mb = 2699.72 m = 8857.24 ft T: 10.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 1.71 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.77 mb = 3972.16 m = 13031.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.89 C = 89.40 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: 4.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 26.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7403.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.05 mb = 3046.38 m = 9994.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.1 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 221.1 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -29.9 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 23.77 Bulk Shear: 0.73 m/s