MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 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 114 SFC 967 406 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 17.9 191 8 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.2 9.78 2 950 561 24.5 11.1 43 13.4 16.0 193 10 302.0 303.6 291.2 328.0 8.75 3 900 1031 20.2 9.9 51 10.3 13.8 200 11 302.3 303.8 291.0 327.6 8.51 4 850 1524 19.9 5.7 39 14.3 11.5 234 8 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.7 6.76 5 800 2044 16.8 3.8 42 13.0 9.3 281 4 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.4 6.29 6 750 2589 11.8 3.6 57 8.1 7.2 334 4 309.3 310.6 291.6 329.8 6.64 7 700 3162 7.7 -0.7 55 8.4 3.3 332 8 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.2 5.18 8 650 3769 4.0 -11.4 32 15.4 -2.4 331 9 313.5 313.9 289.2 321.5 2.46 9 600 4413 -1.3 -18.4 26 17.1 -7.1 339 11 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.6 1.50 10 550 5099 -5.4 -32.5 10 27.1 -11.7 333 9 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.3 0.45 11 500 5842 -8.9 -47.5 3 38.6 -15.0 290 8 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.6 0.10 12 450 6649 -14.4 -50.3 3 36.0 -19.1 266 13 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.08 13 400 7529 -21.4 -47.3 8 25.9 -24.5 265 12 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.13 14 350 8498 -28.7 -34.4 58 5.7 -29.6 283 14 330.0 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.59 15 300 9584 -37.0 -39.2 79 2.3 -37.2 288 17 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.42 16 250 10817 -47.1 -50.6 67 3.5 -47.3 277 13 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12266 -53.7 -66.1 20 12.4 -53.9 279 23 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.03 18 150 14095 -59.3 -79.4 6 20.1 -59.5 279 18 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16564 -69.1 -83.0 12 13.9 -69.2 266 12 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.87 m Freezing level: 612.38 mb = 4253.16 m = 13953.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.96 mb = 3508.91 m = 11512.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.05 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.55 mb = 2176.27 m = 7139.92 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 10.49 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.73 mb = 3523.98 m = 11561.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.36 C = 97.46 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 14.55 C K Index: 26.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6150.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.52 mb = 2404.88 m = 7889.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -3.6 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 29.10 m/s