MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 156 SFC 972 405 22.8 12.6 52 10.3 16.3 178 9 298.4 300.1 290.6 326.0 9.44 2 950 600 20.8 10.6 52 10.2 14.5 185 12 298.3 299.8 289.7 323.1 8.49 3 900 1069 21.9 6.6 37 15.3 12.8 207 14 304.0 305.3 290.1 324.5 6.78 4 850 1562 19.0 5.6 41 13.4 11.2 219 9 306.0 307.3 290.7 326.4 6.71 5 800 2079 14.8 5.7 54 9.2 9.5 209 4 307.0 308.3 291.4 328.8 7.17 6 750 2621 10.4 5.3 71 5.0 7.5 85 1 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.49 7 700 3192 6.1 0.9 70 5.1 3.4 36 2 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.3 5.86 8 650 3794 1.7 -7.8 49 9.5 -2.4 43 3 310.9 311.6 289.2 321.4 3.27 9 600 4435 -1.4 -20.7 21 19.3 -7.5 94 5 314.5 314.8 288.3 318.7 1.22 10 550 5124 -4.0 -32.5 9 28.5 -10.8 115 7 319.3 319.4 289.0 321.0 0.45 11 500 5871 -7.2 -42.1 4 34.9 -13.7 141 7 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.19 12 450 6684 -12.6 -37.1 11 24.4 -17.4 133 6 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.35 13 400 7570 -19.7 -32.8 30 13.1 -22.3 203 5 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.60 14 350 8547 -26.7 -34.8 46 8.1 -28.0 265 14 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.9 0.57 15 300 9639 -35.7 -45.9 34 10.2 -36.5 275 17 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.21 16 250 10880 -45.2 -55.3 31 10.1 -45.6 282 21 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.08 17 200 12336 -54.1 -62.7 34 8.5 -54.4 273 13 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14145 -61.7 -76.8 12 15.1 -61.8 240 13 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16602 -69.0 -82.9 12 13.9 -69.1 238 12 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.02 m Freezing level: 622.04 mb = 4152.72 m = 13624.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.04 mb = 3535.27 m = 11598.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.25 mb = 1711.36 m = 5614.64 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.54 mb = 3456.92 m = 11341.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lifted Index: 6.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: 5.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 12.79 C K Index: 26.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7893.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.92 mb = 2488.79 m = 8165.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.1 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 188.1 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -149.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.9 neg: -2.4 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.85 Bulk Shear: 7.19 m/s