MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F000.gfs Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 27 SEP 25 Station: KIAB 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 116 SFC 967 406 28.4 13.0 39 15.3 18.3 197 8 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.6 9.78 2 950 565 25.6 11.0 40 14.6 16.4 198 11 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.2 8.73 3 900 1036 21.3 9.8 48 11.5 14.1 202 11 303.5 305.0 291.4 328.8 8.47 4 850 1530 20.0 5.4 38 14.6 11.4 221 9 307.1 308.3 291.0 327.3 6.64 5 800 2049 16.2 5.0 47 11.2 9.6 253 2 308.4 309.6 291.5 329.3 6.83 6 750 2593 11.1 4.5 64 6.6 7.3 344 4 308.7 310.0 291.8 330.3 7.05 7 700 3165 7.3 -2.0 51 9.3 2.6 335 8 310.6 311.5 290.4 325.3 4.71 8 650 3771 3.8 -10.8 33 14.6 -2.3 329 12 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.6 2.57 9 600 4415 -1.7 -16.2 32 14.5 -6.8 344 15 314.2 314.5 288.8 320.1 1.80 10 550 5100 -5.7 -31.2 11 25.5 -11.8 347 9 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.2 0.51 11 500 5843 -8.6 -49.5 2 40.8 -14.8 287 9 322.5 322.6 289.6 322.9 0.08 12 450 6651 -14.3 -52.0 2 37.7 -19.1 265 12 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.07 13 400 7531 -21.3 -42.6 13 21.3 -24.2 266 13 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 14 350 8502 -28.2 -32.7 65 4.5 -28.9 282 17 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.4 0.70 15 300 9588 -37.0 -43.9 49 6.8 -37.7 288 18 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.26 16 250 10821 -47.0 -51.3 61 4.3 -47.2 287 25 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.14 17 200 12272 -53.9 -64.7 25 10.8 -54.1 286 29 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14099 -59.4 -79.1 6 19.7 -59.6 284 18 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16570 -69.3 -83.0 12 13.7 -69.4 268 14 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.14 m Freezing level: 615.45 mb = 4216.02 m = 13831.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.61 mb = 3479.56 m = 11415.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.87 C = 89.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.32 mb = 2335.23 m = 7661.41 ft T: 13.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.09 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.02 mb = 3474.53 m = 11399.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.87 C = 96.56 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 3.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 14.03 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5917.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.46 mb = 2543.37 m = 8344.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.7 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 336.7 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 34.14 m/s