MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 964 406 27.4 12.2 39 15.2 17.6 197 6 303.7 305.4 292.1 331.5 9.31 2 950 538 25.4 10.5 39 15.0 16.1 199 7 303.0 304.6 291.2 328.1 8.41 3 900 1009 20.8 9.4 48 11.4 13.8 202 7 303.0 304.5 291.0 327.6 8.27 4 850 1499 16.1 8.5 60 7.6 11.5 205 7 303.0 304.5 291.0 327.5 8.20 5 800 2011 12.0 4.2 59 7.8 7.6 223 6 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.5 6.47 6 750 2552 12.4 -16.5 12 28.9 1.4 276 5 310.1 310.3 287.0 314.7 1.40 7 700 3126 9.7 -20.9 10 30.5 -1.0 298 8 313.2 313.4 287.6 316.7 1.04 8 650 3736 5.3 -23.2 11 28.4 -3.9 296 10 314.9 315.1 288.1 318.0 0.91 9 600 4383 0.8 -30.7 7 31.5 -7.5 285 10 317.0 317.1 288.3 318.8 0.49 10 550 5075 -3.2 -38.7 4 35.5 -10.7 281 9 320.3 320.4 289.1 321.3 0.25 11 500 5822 -8.0 -36.0 9 27.9 -13.9 292 8 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.35 12 450 6631 -13.8 -43.0 7 29.2 -18.5 335 9 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.19 13 400 7515 -20.0 -48.0 6 28.0 -23.4 327 7 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 14 350 8490 -27.5 -51.0 9 23.6 -29.7 312 6 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 15 300 9579 -36.1 -53.1 16 17.0 -37.2 301 5 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.09 16 250 10817 -45.8 -57.6 25 11.8 -46.2 307 10 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12273 -54.8 -64.8 28 10.0 -54.9 279 18 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14088 -61.0 -79.1 7 18.1 -61.2 298 27 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16543 -68.5 -82.5 12 13.9 -68.7 283 12 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.15 m Freezing level: 589.87 mb = 4522.90 m = 14838.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.83 mb = 2882.04 m = 9455.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.57 mb = 2303.12 m = 7556.09 ft T: 12.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 16.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.04 mb = 3809.97 m = 12499.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.76 C = 101.77 F Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.10 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.50 C K Index: 2.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6701.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.62 mb = 2422.71 m = 7948.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 10.79 m/s