MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 140 SFC 970 405 19.1 12.1 64 7.0 14.7 167 6 294.8 296.5 289.1 321.2 9.15 2 950 582 22.3 10.5 47 11.8 15.0 180 14 299.8 301.4 290.2 324.6 8.41 3 900 1053 22.5 8.5 41 13.9 13.9 199 14 304.7 306.1 291.2 328.1 7.78 4 850 1547 19.1 8.0 48 11.1 12.3 226 7 306.2 307.6 291.7 330.2 7.93 5 800 2065 15.2 6.3 55 8.9 9.9 286 5 307.4 308.8 291.7 330.2 7.50 6 750 2608 11.5 3.0 56 8.5 6.7 341 5 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.6 6.33 7 700 3180 6.8 -3.7 47 10.5 1.7 35 3 310.0 310.8 289.7 323.0 4.15 8 650 3784 2.1 -10.5 39 12.6 -3.1 56 5 311.3 311.8 288.7 319.8 2.64 9 600 4425 -1.3 -20.0 23 18.6 -7.4 54 4 314.6 314.8 288.4 319.0 1.31 10 550 5113 -4.7 -26.4 16 21.8 -10.6 84 6 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.3 0.80 11 500 5859 -7.6 -40.0 5 32.4 -13.9 99 5 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.24 12 450 6670 -12.9 -39.2 9 26.3 -17.7 99 3 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.28 13 400 7554 -20.4 -33.7 29 13.3 -22.9 296 2 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.55 14 350 8529 -27.5 -36.6 42 9.1 -28.9 273 16 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.47 15 300 9617 -36.1 -39.6 70 3.5 -36.5 294 21 334.5 334.6 293.3 336.0 0.41 16 250 10856 -45.5 -53.2 42 7.7 -45.9 283 24 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11 17 200 12315 -54.0 -65.4 24 11.4 -54.2 276 7 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14130 -60.1 -78.4 7 18.3 -60.3 269 18 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16592 -69.9 -82.9 13 13.1 -69.9 257 12 392.7 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.43 m Freezing level: 619.52 mb = 4174.65 m = 13696.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.51 mb = 3386.41 m = 11110.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.54 mb = 1311.05 m = 4301.30 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.03 mb = 3392.09 m = 11128.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lifted Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.57 C K Index: 24.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 115.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6901.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.39 mb = 2437.31 m = 7996.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.1 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 156.1 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 64.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 14.82 m/s