MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 110 SFC 967 406 27.2 12.4 40 14.8 17.6 194 8 303.2 305.0 292.0 331.1 9.37 2 950 558 24.7 10.4 41 14.3 15.7 197 10 302.2 303.8 290.9 327.1 8.35 3 900 1028 20.6 8.6 46 12.0 13.3 207 11 302.7 304.2 290.6 326.1 7.83 4 850 1522 19.9 4.3 36 15.6 10.9 232 12 307.0 308.2 290.5 325.8 6.14 5 800 2041 16.5 3.9 43 12.6 9.3 233 5 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.2 6.33 6 750 2585 11.5 3.5 58 8.0 6.9 61 0 309.1 310.3 291.5 329.3 6.57 7 700 3158 7.4 -3.1 47 10.5 2.2 5 4 310.6 311.5 290.0 324.3 4.35 8 650 3764 4.1 -13.7 26 17.8 -2.9 322 7 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.3 2.04 9 600 4408 -1.2 -16.7 30 15.5 -6.7 329 13 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.4 1.72 10 550 5095 -5.5 -30.9 12 25.3 -11.6 343 10 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.4 0.53 11 500 5837 -9.1 -46.1 3 37.0 -15.0 316 7 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.5 0.12 12 450 6644 -14.5 -51.3 3 36.8 -19.3 283 10 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 13 400 7523 -21.6 -37.4 23 15.7 -24.2 254 7 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.38 14 350 8491 -29.3 -31.3 82 2.1 -29.6 291 8 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.2 0.80 15 300 9578 -36.0 -39.1 73 3.1 -36.3 283 13 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 16 250 10816 -46.7 -48.5 82 1.8 -46.7 261 8 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.19 17 200 12263 -54.5 -66.9 20 12.3 -54.8 290 25 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14086 -58.9 -79.7 5 20.7 -59.2 308 17 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16556 -69.1 -82.9 12 13.8 -69.2 285 11 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.60 m Freezing level: 611.47 mb = 4260.48 m = 13977.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.54 mb = 3412.42 m = 11195.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.50 % Est. max temperature: 32.06 C = 89.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.59 mb = 2269.81 m = 7446.79 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.97 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.80 mb = 3766.48 m = 12357.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.43 C = 99.38 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.24 C Showalter Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.02 C Cross Totals Index: 13.40 C K Index: 22.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7007.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 751.52 mb = 2568.46 m = 8426.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.3 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 326.3 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.8 neg: -29.5 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 23.48 m/s