MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 120 SFC 968 406 22.0 13.3 58 8.7 16.4 117 7 297.9 299.7 290.8 326.8 9.94 2 950 566 25.5 11.9 43 13.7 16.8 127 12 303.1 304.8 291.9 330.6 9.23 3 900 1040 23.6 9.4 40 14.2 14.8 167 10 305.9 307.4 291.9 330.8 8.26 4 850 1536 19.6 8.1 47 11.5 12.6 201 11 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.9 7.99 5 800 2054 16.0 5.6 50 10.4 9.8 238 8 308.2 309.5 291.7 330.0 7.12 6 750 2599 12.3 2.7 52 9.6 6.9 291 8 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.1 6.21 7 700 3173 7.5 0.6 61 6.9 3.8 330 11 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.6 5.71 8 650 3778 2.3 -3.2 67 5.5 -0.4 349 12 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.2 4.66 9 600 4420 -1.1 -19.6 23 18.5 -7.2 13 9 314.8 315.1 288.5 319.3 1.35 10 550 5109 -4.3 -30.2 11 26.0 -10.8 28 10 319.0 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.56 11 500 5855 -8.0 -40.3 5 32.4 -14.2 16 6 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.2 0.23 12 450 6665 -13.0 -38.1 10 25.2 -17.7 29 5 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.32 13 400 7551 -19.8 -33.2 29 13.4 -22.4 349 5 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.58 14 350 8525 -27.9 -40.3 29 12.4 -29.5 296 11 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.4 0.33 15 300 9612 -36.6 -43.7 48 7.1 -37.3 303 24 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.27 16 250 10850 -46.0 -48.0 80 2.0 -46.1 280 36 337.7 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.20 17 200 12307 -52.9 -69.3 12 16.4 -53.2 296 13 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14128 -60.3 -79.4 7 19.1 -60.4 284 17 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16592 -69.6 -83.1 12 13.5 -69.7 294 16 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.07 m Freezing level: 616.42 mb = 4209.29 m = 13809.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.69 mb = 3719.48 m = 12202.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.81 mb = 1527.64 m = 5011.88 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.55 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3327.18 m = 10915.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.96 C = 94.92 F Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lifted Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.05 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.08 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5799.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.53 mb = 2559.78 m = 8398.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.9 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 20.9 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 117.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 46.36 m/s