MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 118 SFC 967 405 21.8 12.3 55 9.5 15.8 193 7 297.8 299.4 290.2 324.9 9.31 2 950 560 20.1 10.5 54 9.7 14.2 199 10 297.6 299.2 289.4 322.2 8.40 3 900 1028 22.1 5.1 33 17.0 12.3 232 14 304.3 305.4 289.6 322.8 6.13 4 850 1522 19.7 4.2 36 15.5 10.8 255 13 306.8 307.9 290.4 325.4 6.09 5 800 2041 16.2 3.5 43 12.7 9.0 295 8 308.4 309.6 291.0 327.4 6.16 6 750 2585 11.2 3.6 59 7.6 6.9 2 7 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.1 6.62 7 700 3157 6.6 1.6 70 5.0 3.9 12 11 309.8 311.0 291.4 328.8 6.15 8 650 3761 3.3 -10.9 35 14.1 -2.6 2 7 312.7 313.2 289.0 321.0 2.56 9 600 4404 -1.7 -17.1 30 15.4 -7.0 342 7 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.8 1.67 10 550 5091 -5.0 -36.9 6 31.9 -11.8 306 9 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.2 0.29 11 500 5834 -8.8 -48.0 3 39.2 -14.9 286 12 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.10 12 450 6641 -14.5 -50.6 3 36.1 -19.2 268 11 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 13 400 7521 -21.5 -47.4 8 25.9 -24.6 252 10 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 14 350 8489 -29.6 -35.6 56 6.0 -30.4 222 11 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.53 15 300 9572 -36.3 -36.3 100 0.0 -36.3 269 12 334.2 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10810 -46.5 -47.2 93 0.7 -46.6 286 10 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 17 200 12257 -54.3 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 277 19 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14085 -59.1 -79.5 5 20.5 -59.3 294 26 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16557 -69.4 -82.9 12 13.5 -69.5 302 13 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.51 m Freezing level: 616.76 mb = 4188.85 m = 13742.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.12 mb = 3512.72 m = 11524.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.44 mb = 1619.09 m = 5311.90 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.90 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.11 mb = 3872.04 m = 12703.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.82 C = 98.27 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: 5.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.89 C Showalter Index: 4.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 12.97 C K Index: 27.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7609.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.80 mb = 2609.44 m = 8561.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 330.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 62.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.28 Bulk Shear: 27.23 m/s