MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 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 113 SFC 967 406 27.1 12.7 41 14.4 17.8 188 7 303.1 304.9 292.2 331.7 9.59 2 950 561 24.6 10.8 42 13.8 16.0 190 9 302.2 303.7 291.0 327.7 8.60 3 900 1031 20.6 9.1 47 11.6 13.6 203 10 302.8 304.3 290.8 326.8 8.06 4 850 1525 20.1 5.0 37 15.1 11.3 229 9 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.9 6.44 5 800 2044 16.3 4.0 44 12.3 9.2 249 2 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.38 6 750 2588 11.3 3.8 60 7.6 7.0 8 3 308.9 310.1 291.6 329.4 6.70 7 700 3161 7.6 -1.1 54 8.7 3.1 340 6 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.04 8 650 3768 4.1 -12.5 29 16.6 -2.6 324 9 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.9 2.24 9 600 4412 -1.3 -19.1 24 17.8 -7.2 330 11 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.3 1.40 10 550 5099 -5.3 -34.7 8 29.5 -11.8 327 10 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.1 0.36 11 500 5841 -9.1 -47.2 3 38.1 -15.1 293 8 321.9 322.0 289.5 322.4 0.11 12 450 6647 -14.5 -51.4 3 36.8 -19.3 273 10 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.08 13 400 7527 -21.5 -51.9 5 30.4 -24.7 263 9 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 14 350 8495 -29.3 -33.8 65 4.6 -30.0 280 12 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.62 15 300 9581 -36.4 -37.6 89 1.2 -36.5 297 17 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.9 0.50 16 250 10818 -46.9 -47.6 92 0.8 -46.9 288 11 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.21 17 200 12265 -54.0 -66.0 22 12.0 -54.3 286 20 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14089 -59.3 -79.5 6 20.2 -59.5 291 16 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16560 -69.1 -83.0 12 13.9 -69.2 279 11 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.44 m Freezing level: 612.04 mb = 4256.68 m = 13965.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.02 mb = 3482.79 m = 11426.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.88 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.66 mb = 2218.31 m = 7277.82 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.79 mb = 3657.79 m = 12000.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.96 C = 98.53 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.18 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 14.11 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 85.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6262.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.85 mb = 2511.86 m = 8240.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.0 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 328.0 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -172.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 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: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 22.78 m/s