MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 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 114 SFC 966 405 16.8 11.2 70 5.6 13.4 176 6 292.8 294.3 287.9 317.5 8.66 2 950 552 19.4 9.7 54 9.6 13.6 202 14 296.8 298.3 288.8 320.1 8.00 3 900 1019 20.9 6.5 39 14.4 12.4 228 18 303.0 304.3 289.8 323.3 6.74 4 850 1512 18.6 5.8 43 12.8 11.1 252 16 305.7 306.9 290.7 326.3 6.82 5 800 2029 15.5 5.0 49 10.5 9.4 291 11 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.6 6.85 6 750 2573 11.2 4.0 61 7.3 7.1 353 12 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.6 6.79 7 700 3145 7.7 -2.2 49 9.9 2.7 8 18 311.1 311.9 290.5 325.7 4.66 8 650 3751 3.9 -13.0 28 16.9 -2.9 12 16 313.4 313.8 288.9 320.4 2.16 9 600 4395 -1.3 -18.4 26 17.2 -7.1 12 13 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.6 1.49 10 550 5083 -4.5 -37.7 5 33.3 -11.5 317 6 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.8 0.27 11 500 5828 -8.0 -40.9 5 32.9 -14.2 252 9 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.1 0.22 12 450 6637 -13.9 -40.3 9 26.4 -18.4 260 11 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.7 0.25 13 400 7519 -20.8 -41.5 14 20.7 -23.8 264 13 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.25 14 350 8490 -28.8 -41.4 29 12.6 -30.3 250 14 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.29 15 300 9572 -37.5 -37.6 98 0.2 -37.5 248 19 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.5 0.50 16 250 10807 -46.7 -46.7 100 0.0 -46.7 253 17 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12252 -54.9 -62.2 40 7.4 -55.0 275 22 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.04 18 150 14077 -58.9 -79.7 5 20.9 -59.1 271 30 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16550 -69.6 -82.9 13 13.3 -69.7 303 21 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.47 m Freezing level: 612.18 mb = 4238.46 m = 13905.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.61 mb = 3435.15 m = 11270.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.97 mb = 1125.43 m = 3692.30 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 9.99 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.09 mb = 3900.27 m = 12796.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.47 C = 99.45 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 7.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.43 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 13.79 C K Index: 22.50 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8170.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.96 mb = 2395.13 m = 7857.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.4 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 342.4 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -130.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 58.91 m/s