MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 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 151 SFC 971 405 18.1 11.2 64 7.0 13.9 175 6 293.8 295.3 288.2 318.5 8.62 2 950 591 21.4 10.0 48 11.4 14.4 187 12 298.9 300.3 289.6 322.7 8.12 3 900 1061 21.9 8.4 42 13.5 13.7 200 12 304.1 305.5 290.9 327.3 7.70 4 850 1555 18.8 7.8 49 11.0 12.1 211 6 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.4 7.82 5 800 2071 14.8 6.5 57 8.3 9.9 329 1 307.0 308.4 291.7 330.1 7.61 6 750 2614 11.0 3.0 57 8.1 6.5 12 3 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.0 6.32 7 700 3185 6.5 -3.6 48 10.1 1.5 28 2 309.7 310.4 289.6 322.7 4.18 8 650 3788 1.9 -11.0 38 12.9 -3.3 38 4 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.3 2.54 9 600 4429 -1.6 -20.2 23 18.6 -7.6 53 5 314.3 314.5 288.3 318.6 1.28 10 550 5117 -4.7 -27.0 16 22.2 -10.8 86 7 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.76 11 500 5862 -7.4 -41.5 5 34.1 -13.8 106 7 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.20 12 450 6674 -12.8 -37.3 11 24.5 -17.6 128 4 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.34 13 400 7559 -20.2 -34.2 28 14.0 -22.8 232 3 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.7 0.53 14 350 8534 -27.6 -31.3 71 3.7 -28.3 259 13 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.5 0.80 15 300 9624 -36.3 -40.2 67 4.0 -36.7 278 15 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.7 0.38 16 250 10860 -45.6 -52.6 45 7.1 -45.9 288 15 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.8 0.12 17 200 12320 -54.1 -63.6 30 9.5 -54.4 261 11 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14132 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.2 -60.8 267 16 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16588 -70.9 -82.8 16 11.9 -70.9 242 12 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.74 m Freezing level: 622.73 mb = 4137.59 m = 13574.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.13 mb = 3371.83 m = 11062.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.18 mb = 1302.45 m = 4273.09 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.25 mb = 3406.19 m = 11175.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.98 F Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lifted Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.00 C Showalter Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 15.14 C K Index: 23.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7721.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.33 mb = 2389.29 m = 7838.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 118.2 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 148.2 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 14.16 m/s