MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 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 21.2 12.3 57 8.9 15.6 190 8 297.2 298.9 290.1 324.4 9.34 2 950 562 19.6 10.7 56 8.9 14.1 196 11 297.0 298.6 289.3 321.8 8.50 3 900 1029 21.4 5.9 36 15.5 12.3 227 15 303.6 304.8 289.7 323.0 6.46 4 850 1522 19.4 5.3 40 14.1 11.2 254 12 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.6 6.60 5 800 2041 16.1 4.2 45 11.9 9.2 293 9 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.1 6.45 6 750 2585 11.3 3.8 60 7.5 7.1 353 8 308.9 310.1 291.6 329.5 6.73 7 700 3157 6.8 1.3 68 5.6 3.8 5 12 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.6 5.99 8 650 3762 3.5 -11.3 33 14.9 -2.6 9 9 313.0 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.47 9 600 4405 -1.3 -18.6 26 17.3 -7.2 359 8 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.5 1.47 10 550 5093 -4.4 -38.2 5 33.8 -11.4 316 9 318.9 318.9 288.7 319.8 0.26 11 500 5838 -8.3 -48.8 2 40.5 -14.6 284 11 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.09 12 450 6646 -14.3 -47.1 4 32.8 -19.0 269 12 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.12 13 400 7527 -21.1 -45.5 9 24.4 -24.2 259 12 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8497 -29.1 -37.0 46 7.9 -30.2 252 14 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.46 15 300 9580 -36.7 -36.7 100 -0.0 -36.7 286 19 333.6 333.8 293.2 335.7 0.55 16 250 10815 -47.2 -47.6 96 0.4 -47.2 283 15 335.9 335.9 293.5 336.7 0.21 17 200 12259 -54.3 -64.3 28 10.0 -54.5 276 18 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.03 18 150 14086 -59.3 -79.1 6 19.9 -59.5 292 26 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16557 -69.4 -82.9 12 13.5 -69.5 308 12 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.99 m Freezing level: 613.70 mb = 4229.00 m = 13874.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.30 mb = 3510.67 m = 11517.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.94 mb = 1542.88 m = 5061.87 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.04 mb = 3835.91 m = 12584.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.06 C = 98.71 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 6.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Showalter Index: 4.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.68 C Cross Totals Index: 13.62 C K Index: 27.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8346.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.57 mb = 2466.68 m = 8092.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -120.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 34.95 m/s