MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 112 SFC 967 406 27.4 12.4 39 15.0 17.7 195 7 303.4 305.2 292.1 331.5 9.40 2 950 560 24.8 10.4 40 14.4 15.8 198 9 302.4 303.9 290.9 327.3 8.36 3 900 1030 20.8 8.6 46 12.1 13.4 210 9 302.9 304.3 290.6 326.3 7.82 4 850 1524 20.2 4.2 35 15.9 11.0 238 9 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.9 6.10 5 800 2044 16.6 3.5 42 13.1 9.1 257 3 308.8 310.0 291.1 327.8 6.15 6 750 2588 11.5 3.5 58 7.9 7.0 13 3 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.3 6.60 7 700 3160 7.3 -0.3 59 7.6 3.3 345 6 310.5 311.6 290.9 327.2 5.35 8 650 3767 3.8 -11.3 32 15.0 -2.4 321 9 313.2 313.7 289.2 321.3 2.49 9 600 4410 -1.5 -18.1 27 16.6 -7.2 332 11 314.4 314.6 288.6 319.4 1.53 10 550 5096 -5.6 -33.2 9 27.6 -11.9 333 10 317.4 317.5 288.4 318.9 0.42 11 500 5838 -9.2 -46.9 3 37.8 -15.2 306 7 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.11 12 450 6644 -14.7 -51.4 3 36.7 -19.4 271 9 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.1 0.07 13 400 7523 -21.7 -49.1 6 27.4 -24.8 264 8 326.8 326.9 290.9 327.3 0.11 14 350 8490 -29.7 -31.3 86 1.6 -30.0 282 11 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.6 0.80 15 300 9578 -35.8 -37.1 88 1.3 -36.0 288 16 334.9 335.0 293.5 336.8 0.53 16 250 10816 -46.7 -48.6 80 2.0 -46.7 284 12 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.4 0.18 17 200 12264 -54.2 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.4 289 29 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14089 -59.1 -79.6 5 20.5 -59.3 286 19 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.00 19 100 16561 -69.5 -82.9 12 13.4 -69.6 275 13 393.4 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.83 m Freezing level: 614.40 mb = 4224.61 m = 13860.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.26 mb = 3503.35 m = 11493.80 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.57 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.62 mb = 2293.76 m = 7525.37 ft T: 14.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.25 mb = 3688.25 m = 12100.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.73 C = 98.12 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.10 C Showalter Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 13.39 C K Index: 25.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 75.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6149.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.85 mb = 2589.76 m = 8496.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -10.9 tot: 11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 20.71 m/s