MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 108 SFC 966 405 16.9 10.9 68 6.0 13.3 178 6 293.0 294.5 287.9 317.3 8.52 2 950 546 19.7 9.6 52 10.1 13.6 202 15 297.2 298.6 288.8 320.3 7.91 3 900 1014 21.6 5.7 35 15.9 12.3 225 19 303.8 305.0 289.7 323.0 6.38 4 850 1508 19.0 4.2 38 14.8 10.6 246 16 306.1 307.2 290.2 324.7 6.10 5 800 2025 15.8 4.0 45 11.8 9.0 288 11 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.6 6.39 6 750 2569 11.4 3.6 59 7.8 6.9 347 11 308.9 310.2 291.5 329.2 6.61 7 700 3141 7.2 -3.4 47 10.7 2.0 6 15 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.24 8 650 3747 3.8 -14.4 25 18.2 -3.2 14 15 313.2 313.6 288.6 319.6 1.92 9 600 4391 -1.2 -18.3 26 17.2 -7.0 8 13 314.8 315.1 288.7 319.8 1.50 10 550 5078 -5.2 -33.6 9 28.3 -11.6 328 7 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.4 0.41 11 500 5821 -8.3 -47.0 3 38.7 -14.6 265 10 322.9 323.0 289.8 323.4 0.11 12 450 6630 -14.0 -47.3 4 33.3 -18.8 259 12 325.6 325.7 290.6 326.1 0.12 13 400 7511 -21.1 -42.4 13 21.4 -24.1 254 11 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.23 14 350 8481 -29.1 -39.4 36 10.3 -30.4 241 12 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.9 0.36 15 300 9563 -36.7 -36.8 100 0.0 -36.7 255 15 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.6 0.54 16 250 10801 -46.2 -46.8 94 0.5 -46.3 272 13 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.23 17 200 12246 -55.2 -61.3 47 6.1 -55.4 259 16 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.05 18 150 14073 -59.2 -79.5 6 20.3 -59.5 281 28 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16542 -68.8 -82.6 12 13.8 -68.9 316 16 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.64 m Freezing level: 611.69 mb = 4240.17 m = 13911.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.06 mb = 3365.32 m = 11040.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.28 mb = 1176.22 m = 3858.95 ft T: 20.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.86 mb = 3987.25 m = 13081.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lifted Index: 7.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Showalter Index: 5.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 12.52 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8577.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.32 mb = 2543.14 m = 8343.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.6 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 337.6 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -121.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 133.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 56.73 m/s