MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 12 OCT 25 Station: 37.44,-97.27 Latitude: 37.44 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 967 391 23.2 12.1 50 11.1 16.2 160 11 299.2 300.9 290.6 326.3 9.23 2 950 548 24.3 11.5 45 12.8 16.2 166 23 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.5 9.01 3 900 1022 25.5 8.3 34 17.2 14.8 194 41 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.2 7.67 4 850 1523 24.2 2.9 25 21.3 11.9 206 38 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.7 5.53 5 800 2049 20.2 1.7 29 18.5 9.7 216 32 312.7 313.7 291.6 329.6 5.41 6 750 2600 15.4 1.4 39 14.0 7.6 229 29 313.3 314.4 292.0 331.1 5.66 7 700 3180 10.3 0.3 50 10.0 4.8 237 27 313.9 314.9 292.1 331.5 5.59 8 650 3791 4.9 -2.6 58 7.5 1.1 244 25 314.5 315.4 291.7 329.9 4.86 9 600 4437 -0.3 -9.4 50 9.1 -4.2 259 26 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.0 3.13 10 550 5129 -2.9 -30.6 10 27.6 -10.0 283 18 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.6 0.55 11 500 5877 -7.5 -28.2 17 20.7 -12.9 289 17 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.5 0.75 12 450 6687 -13.9 -24.3 41 10.4 -16.7 292 22 325.8 326.0 291.7 330.0 1.19 13 400 7569 -20.7 -28.0 52 7.3 -22.3 292 30 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.6 0.95 14 350 8542 -28.3 -31.8 72 3.5 -28.9 293 36 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.76 15 300 9627 -37.3 -39.2 82 1.9 -37.5 282 35 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.42 16 250 10860 -46.0 -53.4 43 7.4 -46.4 303 53 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12312 -55.4 -65.3 28 9.8 -55.6 292 68 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14099 -66.3 -74.7 30 8.4 -66.3 298 65 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16546 -67.8 -83.4 9 15.6 -67.9 270 30 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.74 m Freezing level: 602.52 mb = 4404.66 m = 14450.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.81 mb = 3918.20 m = 12854.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.04 % Est. max temperature: 36.14 C = 97.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.31 mb = 1820.62 m = 5973.08 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.41 mb = 3898.10 m = 12788.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.58 C = 101.44 F Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lifted Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.11 C Showalter Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 10.39 C K Index: 24.57 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5226.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.92 mb = 2851.16 m = 9354.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 380.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 380.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 86.84 m/s