MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 106 SFC 966 406 25.5 14.4 50 11.1 18.1 133 3 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.1 10.70 2 950 555 27.6 11.7 37 15.9 17.4 156 5 305.2 306.9 292.4 332.6 9.13 3 900 1031 23.4 10.1 43 13.3 15.0 191 8 305.7 307.3 292.2 331.7 8.65 4 850 1526 19.2 8.7 51 10.4 12.7 207 10 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.35 5 800 2045 16.8 4.5 44 12.3 9.6 244 7 309.0 310.3 291.5 329.3 6.60 6 750 2591 12.4 2.6 51 9.8 6.9 286 7 310.1 311.2 291.5 329.2 6.18 7 700 3165 7.8 0.8 61 7.0 4.0 325 12 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.1 5.79 8 650 3771 2.8 -2.2 70 5.0 0.3 344 17 312.1 313.0 291.1 327.8 5.01 9 600 4413 -1.8 -16.1 32 14.3 -6.9 351 11 314.0 314.4 288.8 320.0 1.81 10 550 5100 -5.0 -32.9 9 27.8 -11.5 342 9 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.7 0.44 11 500 5843 -8.3 -42.3 5 34.0 -14.5 324 7 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.6 0.18 12 450 6653 -13.2 -40.4 8 27.1 -18.0 340 7 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.5 0.25 13 400 7538 -20.0 -37.1 20 17.2 -22.9 344 10 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 14 350 8513 -27.5 -39.3 31 11.9 -29.1 308 14 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.36 15 300 9601 -36.8 -46.3 37 9.5 -37.6 293 19 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10835 -46.7 -49.4 74 2.7 -46.8 296 32 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.3 0.17 17 200 12289 -53.2 -68.5 14 15.3 -53.5 289 18 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14110 -60.3 -79.5 6 19.2 -60.5 292 19 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16578 -69.4 -83.1 12 13.6 -69.5 278 18 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.22 m Freezing level: 619.73 mb = 4159.20 m = 13645.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.22 mb = 3792.56 m = 12442.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.32 mb = 1819.63 m = 5969.85 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.09 mb = 3304.98 m = 10842.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.14 C = 95.25 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 17.06 C K Index: 29.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 243.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.62 mb = 2605.90 m = 8549.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.62 mb = 4364.30 m = 14318.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 583.62 mb = 4631.10 m = 15193.71 ft B at Equ Level: 9.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 543.62 mb = 5190.63 m = 17029.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 347.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 26.52 m/s