MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 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 29.3 13.3 37 16.0 18.7 188 6 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.4 9.97 2 950 552 27.2 11.5 38 15.7 17.1 190 8 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.8 8.99 3 900 1026 22.6 10.5 46 12.1 15.0 193 9 304.8 306.4 292.2 331.5 8.91 4 850 1520 18.5 8.7 53 9.7 12.5 204 8 305.5 307.0 291.9 330.6 8.35 5 800 2039 16.9 4.2 43 12.7 9.5 245 5 309.1 310.3 291.4 329.0 6.45 6 750 2585 12.3 3.0 53 9.3 7.1 298 6 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.6 6.36 7 700 3158 7.7 1.3 64 6.4 4.2 318 13 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.6 6.00 8 650 3765 3.3 -5.5 52 8.8 -0.9 331 17 312.7 313.4 290.3 325.1 3.90 9 600 4408 -1.8 -13.1 42 11.3 -6.2 348 13 314.0 314.4 289.2 321.5 2.32 10 550 5093 -5.4 -30.9 11 25.5 -11.6 326 6 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.5 0.53 11 500 5837 -8.5 -45.6 3 37.2 -14.6 297 9 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.2 0.13 12 450 6645 -14.1 -47.9 4 33.7 -18.9 286 11 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.11 13 400 7526 -20.9 -37.5 21 16.6 -23.6 315 10 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.38 14 350 8498 -27.8 -33.7 57 5.9 -28.8 313 16 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.6 0.63 15 300 9586 -36.8 -41.3 63 4.5 -37.2 310 15 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.34 16 250 10819 -47.0 -51.9 57 4.9 -47.2 288 24 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 17 200 12271 -53.5 -67.9 16 14.4 -53.8 296 20 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14096 -59.9 -79.5 6 19.6 -60.1 287 20 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16564 -69.2 -83.0 12 13.8 -69.3 263 18 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.65 m Freezing level: 617.94 mb = 4176.92 m = 13703.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.52 mb = 3658.12 m = 12001.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.79 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 765.04 mb = 2416.74 m = 7928.85 ft T: 13.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.79 mb = 3302.40 m = 10834.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.72 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.18 C K Index: 29.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 254.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.49 mb = 2556.61 m = 8387.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.49 mb = 4440.67 m = 14568.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.49 mb = 4708.95 m = 15449.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 557.49 mb = 4986.68 m = 16360.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.0 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 334.0 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 28.94 m/s