MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 102 SFC 966 406 25.3 13.9 49 11.5 17.8 130 4 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.0 10.36 2 950 551 28.0 10.8 34 17.2 17.0 152 7 305.6 307.2 292.1 331.5 8.60 3 900 1027 24.0 8.9 38 15.0 14.6 180 10 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.4 7.99 4 850 1523 20.3 6.7 41 13.6 12.1 196 9 307.4 308.8 291.6 329.6 7.26 5 800 2043 17.1 3.8 41 13.3 9.5 227 6 309.4 310.6 291.4 328.8 6.30 6 750 2589 12.5 1.1 46 11.3 6.3 294 4 310.1 311.2 290.9 327.3 5.54 7 700 3163 7.9 -1.4 52 9.3 3.1 348 9 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.7 4.93 8 650 3769 2.8 -6.4 50 9.3 -1.4 0 10 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.7 3.63 9 600 4411 -1.9 -15.2 35 13.3 -6.7 330 7 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.4 1.96 10 550 5098 -5.1 -30.2 12 25.1 -11.3 337 7 318.1 318.2 288.8 320.1 0.56 11 500 5841 -8.6 -43.7 4 35.1 -14.7 353 6 322.5 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.16 12 450 6650 -13.6 -49.0 3 35.4 -18.6 14 5 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.10 13 400 7533 -20.5 -36.1 23 15.6 -23.2 14 8 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.44 14 350 8507 -27.3 -37.7 37 10.4 -28.9 349 12 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.5 0.42 15 300 9597 -36.1 -44.8 40 8.7 -36.9 312 15 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.4 0.24 16 250 10838 -45.4 -48.8 69 3.4 -45.6 298 48 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12289 -54.3 -67.4 18 13.1 -54.5 311 16 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14108 -60.2 -79.1 7 19.0 -60.3 284 18 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16572 -68.9 -83.0 11 14.1 -69.0 280 16 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.17 m Freezing level: 620.04 mb = 4153.48 m = 13626.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.79 mb = 3572.63 m = 11721.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.19 mb = 1871.32 m = 6139.44 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.75 mb = 3487.61 m = 11442.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.52 C = 95.93 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.33 C Showalter Index: 2.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.32 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5867.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 730.61 mb = 2807.04 m = 9209.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.6 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 354.6 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -165.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 26.93 m/s