MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 145 SFC 970 405 18.0 11.0 64 6.9 13.8 171 6 293.6 295.2 288.1 318.2 8.55 2 950 585 21.2 9.5 47 11.7 14.1 191 13 298.7 300.2 289.3 321.8 7.86 3 900 1055 22.0 7.3 39 14.7 13.1 213 14 304.1 305.5 290.5 325.6 7.13 4 850 1549 19.1 6.6 44 12.5 11.6 223 10 306.1 307.5 291.1 327.9 7.19 5 800 2066 15.1 6.1 55 9.0 9.8 240 4 307.3 308.7 291.7 329.8 7.42 6 750 2609 10.9 5.1 67 5.8 7.5 350 2 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.9 7.34 7 700 3180 6.6 0.2 64 6.4 3.2 3 4 309.8 310.8 290.9 327.0 5.56 8 650 3784 1.9 -7.4 50 9.3 -2.2 18 3 311.1 311.8 289.3 321.9 3.38 9 600 4425 -1.4 -19.4 24 18.0 -7.4 75 5 314.4 314.7 288.4 319.0 1.37 10 550 5113 -4.7 -28.9 13 24.2 -10.9 94 6 318.5 318.6 289.0 320.8 0.64 11 500 5858 -7.4 -41.8 4 34.3 -13.9 104 5 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.20 12 450 6671 -12.7 -35.1 13 22.4 -17.3 117 3 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.43 13 400 7556 -19.8 -33.4 29 13.7 -22.4 235 5 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.4 0.57 14 350 8532 -27.3 -30.0 77 2.7 -27.8 262 16 332.0 332.1 293.1 335.3 0.90 15 300 9622 -36.4 -38.8 79 2.4 -36.7 269 16 334.1 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.45 16 250 10861 -44.9 -56.1 27 11.2 -45.3 291 24 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.08 17 200 12321 -54.6 -62.5 37 7.9 -54.8 278 18 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14131 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.1 -60.9 255 11 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16585 -70.6 -82.9 15 12.3 -70.6 247 10 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.27 m Freezing level: 621.49 mb = 4149.24 m = 13612.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.25 mb = 3534.02 m = 11594.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.29 mb = 1295.32 m = 4249.69 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.53 mb = 3542.74 m = 11623.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.77 C = 94.58 F Cap Strength: 6.21 C Lifted Index: 6.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: 4.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 14.02 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8135.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.68 mb = 2490.00 m = 8169.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.8 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 191.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.11 Bulk Shear: 7.78 m/s