MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 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 112 SFC 966 405 17.0 11.3 69 5.7 13.6 174 6 293.0 294.6 288.1 318.0 8.73 2 950 551 19.7 10.0 53 9.8 13.8 201 13 297.2 298.7 289.0 320.9 8.11 3 900 1019 21.6 6.2 37 15.4 12.6 229 17 303.8 305.0 289.9 323.7 6.63 4 850 1512 18.9 5.1 40 13.8 10.9 251 16 306.0 307.2 290.5 325.8 6.50 5 800 2029 15.5 4.5 48 11.0 9.2 294 10 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.9 6.60 6 750 2573 11.0 3.5 60 7.5 6.8 6 13 308.6 309.8 291.4 328.8 6.59 7 700 3145 7.5 -0.7 56 8.2 3.2 11 18 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.0 5.20 8 650 3751 3.8 -12.6 29 16.4 -2.7 10 14 313.3 313.7 288.9 320.6 2.24 9 600 4395 -1.3 -18.0 27 16.7 -7.0 4 11 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.8 1.55 10 550 5082 -4.8 -36.3 6 31.5 -11.6 305 7 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.5 0.31 11 500 5827 -8.2 -39.2 6 31.1 -14.2 248 9 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.25 12 450 6635 -13.8 -40.4 9 26.5 -18.4 254 11 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.25 13 400 7518 -20.8 -41.9 13 21.1 -23.8 260 12 328.0 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.24 14 350 8489 -28.8 -40.4 32 11.6 -30.3 246 11 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.32 15 300 9570 -37.3 -37.5 98 0.2 -37.3 246 18 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.51 16 250 10806 -46.5 -46.6 99 0.1 -46.6 256 16 336.9 336.9 293.8 337.8 0.23 17 200 12252 -54.7 -62.8 36 8.2 -54.9 276 18 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14076 -59.4 -79.3 6 19.9 -59.6 270 28 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16547 -69.4 -82.7 13 13.3 -69.5 314 20 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.80 m Freezing level: 612.53 mb = 4233.53 m = 13889.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.87 mb = 3468.15 m = 11378.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.58 mb = 1138.61 m = 3735.56 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.40 mb = 3908.49 m = 12822.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.42 C = 99.36 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 6.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.03 C Showalter Index: 5.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 13.29 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7691.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.94 mb = 2472.80 m = 8112.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.9 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 340.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.0 neg: -2.0 tot: 129.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 50.03 m/s