MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.23,-100.12 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -100.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 554 SFC 926 773 16.3 8.5 60 7.8 11.8 197 8 295.9 297.3 288.1 317.9 7.56 3 900 1017 19.7 6.7 43 13.0 12.1 193 20 301.8 303.0 289.4 322.2 6.85 4 850 1507 17.4 3.8 40 13.6 9.7 202 18 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.3 5.91 5 800 2021 13.4 1.3 44 12.1 6.9 220 11 305.4 306.4 289.2 321.4 5.25 6 750 2560 10.5 -7.1 28 17.6 2.5 236 7 308.0 308.5 287.9 317.4 3.00 7 700 3133 9.1 -20.4 10 29.5 -1.2 244 4 312.6 312.8 287.5 316.2 1.08 8 650 3742 5.2 -21.9 12 27.1 -3.8 259 4 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.3 1.02 9 600 4388 0.2 -27.1 11 27.3 -7.5 285 3 316.3 316.4 288.3 318.7 0.69 10 550 5080 -3.0 -39.1 4 36.1 -10.6 10 3 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.23 11 500 5829 -6.4 -46.7 2 40.2 -13.4 5 3 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.11 12 450 6643 -12.5 -40.2 8 27.7 -17.4 345 5 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.26 13 400 7530 -19.4 -43.6 10 24.2 -22.8 6 6 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.20 14 350 8507 -27.4 -47.9 12 20.5 -29.5 14 7 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 15 300 9596 -36.2 -52.7 17 16.5 -37.2 334 7 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10835 -45.2 -58.1 22 12.8 -45.7 318 15 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12291 -54.7 -64.8 28 10.1 -54.9 309 21 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14098 -62.9 -75.6 16 12.8 -63.0 307 29 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16549 -68.2 -82.7 11 14.5 -68.3 305 20 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.81 m Freezing level: 597.60 mb = 4421.45 m = 14505.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.40 mb = 2940.78 m = 9648.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.79 C = 80.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.97 mb = 1770.87 m = 5809.86 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.66 mb = 4419.31 m = 14498.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.45 C = 97.61 F Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lifted Index: 9.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.99 C Showalter Index: 8.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 10.24 C K Index: -1.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8392.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.10 mb = 2840.57 m = 9319.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 6.8 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 19.42 m/s