MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 27 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 103 SFC 965 405 17.4 11.2 67 6.2 13.7 177 7 293.5 295.1 288.2 318.4 8.69 2 950 542 19.9 10.1 53 9.9 14.0 189 18 297.4 298.9 289.2 321.3 8.18 3 900 1010 21.0 7.4 41 13.6 12.9 207 21 303.1 304.5 290.2 324.6 7.17 4 850 1502 18.2 5.1 42 13.1 10.6 234 17 305.3 306.5 290.2 324.9 6.49 5 800 2019 15.6 3.6 45 11.9 8.8 296 11 307.7 308.9 290.8 326.8 6.21 6 750 2562 11.6 0.7 47 10.9 5.7 335 14 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.8 5.36 7 700 3135 8.4 -12.2 22 20.6 -0.1 343 15 311.8 312.2 288.3 318.7 2.14 8 650 3743 4.5 -20.9 14 25.4 -4.0 350 14 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.12 9 600 4388 -0.5 -23.8 15 23.3 -7.5 352 13 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.93 10 550 5076 -4.8 -36.8 6 32.0 -11.6 321 7 318.4 318.4 288.6 319.4 0.30 11 500 5820 -8.4 -42.3 5 33.9 -14.5 252 7 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.18 12 450 6629 -13.9 -42.0 7 28.1 -18.5 260 8 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.21 13 400 7511 -20.8 -42.3 13 21.6 -23.8 271 10 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.23 14 350 8483 -28.4 -45.5 18 17.1 -30.2 260 12 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.19 15 300 9566 -37.6 -41.7 65 4.1 -38.0 238 16 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.33 16 250 10802 -45.6 -45.6 100 -0.0 -45.6 269 20 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.26 17 200 12250 -55.9 -59.4 64 3.5 -56.0 249 18 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14075 -59.5 -79.5 6 20.1 -59.7 275 25 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16543 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.4 302 20 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.05 m Freezing level: 605.07 mb = 4322.35 m = 14180.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.84 mb = 3125.34 m = 10253.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.06 mb = 1202.89 m = 3946.43 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.91 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.38 mb = 3938.70 m = 12922.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.24 C = 100.83 F Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lifted Index: 6.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.67 C Showalter Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 13.47 C K Index: 11.13 Risk: None Sweat Index: 101.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7722.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.91 mb = 2374.53 m = 7790.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -145.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 73.74 m/s