MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F009.gfs Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: KIAB 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 100 SFC 965 405 20.2 12.2 60 7.9 15.2 134 8 296.3 298.0 289.8 323.2 9.30 2 950 542 23.4 10.9 45 12.5 15.6 141 15 301.0 302.5 290.7 326.6 8.67 3 900 1013 21.5 8.5 43 13.0 13.6 174 12 303.6 305.1 290.8 326.9 7.75 4 850 1505 17.6 6.7 49 10.9 11.1 214 14 304.6 305.9 290.7 326.4 7.23 5 800 2020 13.9 3.7 50 10.2 8.2 260 16 306.0 307.1 290.3 325.0 6.24 6 750 2561 11.8 -9.3 22 21.1 2.5 286 13 309.4 309.8 287.9 317.4 2.51 7 700 3135 9.3 -21.1 10 30.5 -1.2 305 11 312.8 313.0 287.5 316.2 1.01 8 650 3743 5.0 -25.9 8 31.0 -4.3 319 10 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.1 0.71 9 600 4390 0.8 -33.6 6 34.4 -7.7 344 9 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.4 0.37 10 550 5084 -2.4 -40.2 4 37.7 -10.3 349 7 321.2 321.2 289.3 322.0 0.21 11 500 5833 -7.2 -37.5 7 30.3 -13.5 333 8 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.3 0.30 12 450 6644 -13.5 -40.8 8 27.3 -18.2 327 8 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 13 400 7527 -20.0 -45.0 9 25.0 -23.4 316 6 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.17 14 350 8502 -27.7 -49.1 11 21.4 -29.7 286 7 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9589 -36.6 -52.7 17 16.2 -37.7 258 12 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 16 250 10827 -45.8 -51.7 51 5.9 -46.0 255 17 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 17 200 12278 -55.7 -58.1 74 2.5 -55.8 273 23 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.07 18 150 14100 -60.0 -80.1 6 20.1 -60.2 272 27 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16560 -68.9 -82.7 12 13.8 -68.9 281 20 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.21 m Freezing level: 587.66 mb = 4561.36 m = 14964.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.40 mb = 2942.27 m = 9653.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.87 mb = 1425.68 m = 4677.36 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.87 mb = 3882.99 m = 12739.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.86 C = 101.94 F Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.33 C Showalter Index: 5.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 13.90 C K Index: 0.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 115.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7185.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.87 mb = 2418.29 m = 7933.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 68.54 m/s