MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 103 SFC 965 405 17.3 11.6 69 5.7 13.8 168 7 293.4 295.0 288.4 318.9 8.91 2 950 542 19.8 10.5 55 9.3 14.1 184 17 297.3 298.8 289.3 321.8 8.42 3 900 1010 21.2 7.6 41 13.6 13.0 208 19 303.3 304.7 290.3 325.2 7.29 4 850 1503 18.4 5.8 44 12.6 11.0 238 16 305.4 306.7 290.6 326.1 6.81 5 800 2019 15.4 4.1 47 11.3 8.9 295 12 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.2 6.42 6 750 2563 11.8 0.3 45 11.6 5.6 345 15 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.6 5.20 7 700 3137 8.9 -12.6 20 21.6 0.1 353 17 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.1 2.06 8 650 3745 4.6 -16.0 21 20.6 -3.1 358 16 314.2 314.5 288.6 319.8 1.69 9 600 4390 -0.8 -20.8 20 20.0 -7.2 356 13 315.2 315.5 288.5 319.3 1.22 10 550 5079 -4.4 -40.1 4 35.7 -11.5 308 7 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.6 0.21 11 500 5823 -8.1 -38.0 7 29.8 -14.2 247 5 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.29 12 450 6633 -13.7 -40.0 9 26.3 -18.3 261 7 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.0 0.26 13 400 7515 -20.5 -43.4 11 22.9 -23.7 267 10 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.21 14 350 8488 -28.3 -45.9 17 17.6 -30.2 261 11 330.6 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.18 15 300 9572 -37.6 -40.6 73 3.0 -37.9 242 17 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.37 16 250 10807 -45.8 -46.3 94 0.5 -45.8 262 20 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.24 17 200 12255 -55.4 -60.7 52 5.3 -55.6 257 20 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14077 -59.3 -79.4 6 20.1 -59.5 266 25 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16545 -69.7 -82.5 14 12.8 -69.8 299 20 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.05 m Freezing level: 607.21 mb = 4296.91 m = 14097.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.78 mb = 3151.09 m = 10338.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.58 mb = 1139.61 m = 3738.82 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 8.13 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 639.06 mb = 3881.62 m = 12734.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.09 C = 100.57 F Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lifted Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.98 C Showalter Index: 5.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 13.93 C K Index: 10.75 Risk: None Sweat Index: 107.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8221.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.54 mb = 2335.31 m = 7661.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 338.6 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -147.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 81.82 m/s