MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.28,-97.97 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 965 426 22.8 11.0 47 11.8 15.4 192 7 298.9 300.5 290.0 324.0 8.54 2 950 561 21.1 9.3 47 11.8 14.0 197 9 298.6 300.0 289.2 321.4 7.76 3 900 1029 21.9 6.5 37 15.4 12.8 219 13 304.1 305.3 290.1 324.5 6.77 4 850 1523 20.0 5.3 38 14.7 11.4 247 10 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.1 6.58 5 800 2043 16.7 3.7 42 13.0 9.3 292 7 308.9 310.1 291.2 328.2 6.25 6 750 2588 11.7 2.6 53 9.1 6.6 1 6 309.3 310.5 291.3 328.4 6.17 7 700 3160 7.0 -2.0 53 9.0 2.5 33 10 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.0 4.73 8 650 3765 3.8 -16.5 21 20.3 -3.7 29 8 313.3 313.6 288.3 318.6 1.62 9 600 4409 -1.7 -17.9 28 16.2 -7.2 3 8 314.2 314.5 288.5 319.4 1.56 10 550 5096 -4.6 -40.1 4 35.5 -11.6 321 7 318.7 318.7 288.6 319.4 0.21 11 500 5840 -8.3 -49.8 2 41.5 -14.6 266 9 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.2 0.08 12 450 6648 -14.2 -50.4 3 36.2 -19.0 245 10 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.08 13 400 7529 -21.2 -45.5 9 24.2 -24.3 248 12 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.16 14 350 8500 -28.0 -32.9 63 4.9 -28.8 280 18 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.5 0.69 15 300 9586 -37.0 -41.5 63 4.5 -37.4 289 23 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.33 16 250 10820 -46.9 -50.9 64 3.9 -47.1 286 27 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.14 17 200 12266 -54.2 -62.9 34 8.7 -54.4 281 28 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.04 18 150 14094 -59.4 -79.2 6 19.8 -59.6 289 26 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16564 -69.4 -82.9 12 13.5 -69.5 307 8 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.66 m Freezing level: 615.14 mb = 4213.85 m = 13824.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.84 mb = 3398.51 m = 11149.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.60 mb = 1929.78 m = 6331.24 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.11 mb = 3926.36 m = 12881.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.18 C = 98.93 F Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lifted Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.04 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 13.61 C K Index: 24.58 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7817.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.70 mb = 2657.54 m = 8718.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 45.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 25.24 m/s