MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 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 120 SFC 967 405 21.6 12.6 56 9.0 15.9 188 7 297.6 299.3 290.3 325.3 9.52 2 950 562 19.9 10.9 56 9.0 14.4 195 10 297.4 299.0 289.6 322.6 8.65 3 900 1030 21.8 5.6 35 16.2 12.4 227 14 304.0 305.1 289.7 323.1 6.36 4 850 1523 19.5 4.7 38 14.7 10.9 251 12 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.8 6.32 5 800 2042 15.9 4.0 45 11.9 9.1 291 7 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.7 6.39 6 750 2585 11.0 3.7 61 7.3 6.9 7 7 308.5 309.8 291.4 329.0 6.67 7 700 3156 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.1 14 11 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.5 6.42 8 650 3761 3.5 -11.2 33 14.7 -2.6 9 7 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.49 9 600 4405 -1.3 -18.6 25 17.3 -7.2 348 7 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.5 1.47 10 550 5093 -4.5 -38.9 5 34.4 -11.5 303 10 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.24 11 500 5837 -8.5 -45.9 3 37.4 -14.7 281 12 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.13 12 450 6644 -14.4 -48.0 4 33.6 -19.1 275 12 325.1 325.1 290.4 325.5 0.11 13 400 7525 -21.2 -45.4 9 24.2 -24.3 261 10 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.17 14 350 8494 -29.4 -39.2 38 9.9 -30.6 230 11 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.36 15 300 9576 -36.7 -36.7 100 0.0 -36.7 279 12 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.7 0.55 16 250 10812 -46.7 -46.9 98 0.2 -46.7 286 13 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.23 17 200 12258 -54.1 -64.0 29 9.9 -54.4 271 13 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14084 -59.8 -78.9 7 19.1 -60.0 296 27 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16556 -69.6 -82.8 13 13.2 -69.7 313 12 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.40 m Freezing level: 613.88 mb = 4226.19 m = 13865.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.42 mb = 3521.07 m = 11551.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.69 mb = 1556.62 m = 5106.98 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.66 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.53 mb = 3829.24 m = 12562.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.97 C = 98.55 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 13.21 C K Index: 28.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7579.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.37 mb = 2513.90 m = 8247.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 28.62 m/s