MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 102 SFC 966 407 29.5 12.9 36 16.5 18.6 177 5 305.6 307.4 293.0 334.9 9.75 2 950 552 27.4 11.2 36 16.3 17.0 180 7 305.0 306.7 292.1 331.5 8.81 3 900 1026 22.8 10.2 45 12.6 14.9 185 7 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.2 8.72 4 850 1520 19.1 7.8 48 11.3 12.2 201 8 306.1 307.6 291.6 329.8 7.81 5 800 2039 16.5 4.0 43 12.4 9.3 223 6 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.4 6.39 6 750 2584 11.6 3.6 58 8.0 7.0 303 3 309.1 310.4 291.6 329.4 6.60 7 700 3157 7.5 0.3 60 7.2 3.7 324 10 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.3 5.61 8 650 3763 3.7 -9.0 39 12.6 -1.9 329 13 313.1 313.7 289.6 322.7 2.99 9 600 4407 -1.7 -14.8 36 13.1 -6.5 345 10 314.1 314.5 289.0 320.8 2.02 10 550 5093 -5.3 -32.6 10 27.3 -11.6 311 6 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.4 0.45 11 500 5836 -8.4 -47.8 3 39.4 -14.7 295 7 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.2 0.10 12 450 6644 -14.2 -48.0 4 33.8 -18.9 288 8 325.4 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.11 13 400 7525 -21.2 -42.4 13 21.3 -24.1 303 9 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.23 14 350 8496 -27.9 -34.3 54 6.4 -28.9 312 17 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.60 15 300 9585 -36.4 -41.8 57 5.4 -36.9 306 15 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.33 16 250 10821 -46.7 -50.2 67 3.6 -46.9 285 17 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12272 -53.5 -68.2 15 14.7 -53.8 302 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14096 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 286 16 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16565 -69.0 -83.0 11 14.0 -69.1 262 16 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.42 m Freezing level: 615.86 mb = 4202.46 m = 13787.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3556.14 m = 11666.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.28 mb = 2480.25 m = 8137.21 ft T: 12.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.86 mb = 3383.76 m = 11101.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.47 C = 95.85 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: 2.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.50 C Cross Totals Index: 16.18 C K Index: 28.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5155.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.20 mb = 2637.36 m = 8652.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.6 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 329.6 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 159.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 20.50 m/s