MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 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 109 SFC 966 405 17.2 11.0 67 6.2 13.4 182 6 293.2 294.7 288.0 317.6 8.53 2 950 548 19.8 9.7 52 10.1 13.7 205 13 297.3 298.7 288.9 320.5 7.97 3 900 1016 21.7 5.9 36 15.9 12.4 230 18 303.9 305.1 289.8 323.4 6.47 4 850 1510 19.1 4.7 39 14.4 10.8 252 17 306.1 307.3 290.4 325.4 6.31 5 800 2027 15.7 4.2 46 11.5 9.1 291 12 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.7 6.47 6 750 2571 11.3 3.5 59 7.8 6.9 360 13 308.8 310.1 291.4 329.0 6.56 7 700 3144 7.5 -1.8 51 9.3 2.7 11 17 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.8 4.78 8 650 3750 3.6 -12.1 31 15.7 -2.7 11 14 313.1 313.5 288.9 320.6 2.32 9 600 4393 -1.5 -16.9 30 15.4 -6.9 8 12 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.1 1.70 10 550 5079 -5.4 -33.8 9 28.4 -11.8 315 7 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.1 0.40 11 500 5822 -8.5 -44.0 4 35.5 -14.6 255 10 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.15 12 450 6630 -14.0 -44.0 6 30.0 -18.7 253 12 325.6 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.17 13 400 7512 -20.9 -41.8 14 20.9 -23.9 252 12 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 14 350 8482 -29.0 -41.5 29 12.5 -30.4 235 12 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.29 15 300 9564 -36.8 -36.9 99 0.1 -36.8 251 17 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 16 250 10801 -46.3 -46.6 97 0.3 -46.3 247 16 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.23 17 200 12248 -54.8 -62.5 38 7.6 -55.0 259 19 345.9 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.04 18 150 14075 -59.2 -79.3 6 20.2 -59.4 275 28 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16544 -69.5 -82.7 13 13.2 -69.6 308 19 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.81 m Freezing level: 614.33 mb = 4208.52 m = 13807.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.95 mb = 3441.48 m = 11290.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.57 mb = 1204.81 m = 3952.75 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 9.85 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.74 mb = 3927.80 m = 12886.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.23 C = 99.01 F Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lifted Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.15 C Showalter Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 13.22 C K Index: 22.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8321.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.50 mb = 2531.87 m = 8306.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.3 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 339.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 137.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 50.84 m/s