MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 39.36,-101.76 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 528 2 900 1002 SFC 889 1110 29.2 8.5 27 20.7 16.1 184 19 312.7 314.2 293.6 337.1 7.85 4 850 1505 24.4 6.6 32 17.7 13.5 188 27 311.7 313.0 292.8 334.1 7.22 5 800 2031 19.3 5.7 41 13.6 11.1 190 27 311.7 313.1 292.8 334.0 7.18 6 750 2581 14.0 4.7 53 9.3 8.5 191 26 311.8 313.2 292.8 334.0 7.16 7 700 3157 8.5 3.5 71 4.9 5.6 192 25 311.9 313.2 292.7 333.8 7.07 8 650 3765 2.9 1.5 91 1.4 2.1 196 24 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.7 6.58 9 600 4409 0.1 -9.6 48 9.7 -4.1 215 16 316.2 316.8 290.6 326.2 3.07 10 550 5101 -4.3 -12.7 52 8.4 -7.7 213 18 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.61 11 500 5845 -9.4 -15.2 62 5.8 -11.5 200 18 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.5 2.35 12 450 6651 -14.5 -25.7 38 11.2 -17.3 194 18 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.05 13 400 7534 -20.3 -22.5 83 2.1 -20.9 209 22 328.5 328.9 292.8 334.1 1.57 14 350 8508 -27.3 -28.3 91 1.0 -27.5 214 36 331.9 332.1 293.3 335.7 1.06 15 300 9599 -36.1 -37.0 91 0.9 -36.2 215 47 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.5 0.53 16 250 10841 -44.6 -53.8 35 9.2 -45.1 214 33 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.10 17 200 12299 -54.5 -61.8 41 7.2 -54.7 207 37 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.05 18 150 14097 -62.0 -73.9 19 11.9 -62.1 211 34 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16581 -66.9 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.0 212 18 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.98 m Freezing level: 598.86 mb = 4424.94 m = 14517.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.86 mb = 3979.83 m = 13057.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 656.88 mb = 3678.44 m = 12068.24 ft T: 3.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.93 mb = 3752.98 m = 12312.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.72 C Cross Totals Index: 15.99 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.13 mb = 3712.73 m = 12180.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 519.13 mb = 5551.47 m = 18213.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.13 mb = 7006.91 m = 22988.28 ft B at Equ Level: 12.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.13 mb = 8119.57 m = 26638.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 227.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.36 Bulk Shear: 2.99 m/s