MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 129 SFC 968 405 19.9 12.7 63 7.2 15.4 135 7 295.8 297.5 289.8 323.4 9.59 2 950 572 23.2 11.1 46 12.1 15.6 150 16 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.7 8.76 3 900 1044 23.2 8.9 40 14.3 14.4 174 13 305.4 306.9 291.6 329.5 7.98 4 850 1540 19.6 7.7 46 11.8 12.4 208 9 306.6 308.1 291.8 330.3 7.80 5 800 2058 15.8 6.2 53 9.7 10.1 272 7 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.7 7.44 6 750 2603 12.0 3.0 54 9.0 6.9 310 9 309.7 310.8 291.5 329.3 6.35 7 700 3176 7.4 0.3 61 7.1 3.6 332 10 310.7 311.7 291.2 328.0 5.58 8 650 3781 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.4 356 9 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.8 3.88 9 600 4423 -1.0 -19.2 24 18.3 -7.1 42 7 315.0 315.2 288.6 319.7 1.39 10 550 5112 -4.2 -27.6 14 23.4 -10.5 73 7 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.6 0.72 11 500 5857 -8.3 -38.9 6 30.6 -14.3 73 6 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.26 12 450 6667 -13.2 -39.1 9 25.9 -17.9 72 2 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.29 13 400 7552 -19.8 -33.1 30 13.2 -22.4 280 4 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.59 14 350 8527 -27.6 -39.5 31 11.9 -29.2 272 13 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.8 0.35 15 300 9614 -36.1 -43.4 47 7.3 -36.8 299 25 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.27 16 250 10851 -46.2 -48.7 76 2.5 -46.3 279 26 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.18 17 200 12313 -53.3 -66.3 19 13.0 -53.5 277 11 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 14127 -60.8 -77.7 9 16.8 -61.0 287 20 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16588 -69.6 -83.1 12 13.5 -69.7 299 10 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.81 m Freezing level: 614.97 mb = 4230.56 m = 13879.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.92 mb = 3607.91 m = 11836.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.76 mb = 1330.65 m = 4365.58 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.35 mb = 3396.50 m = 11143.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.02 C = 95.03 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 2.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 16.07 C K Index: 28.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6797.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.52 mb = 2485.23 m = 8153.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.8 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 65.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.1 neg: -6.1 tot: 122.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 50.24 m/s