MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 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 161 SFC 972 406 23.1 13.0 53 10.1 16.6 175 7 298.7 300.4 290.9 327.0 9.70 2 950 605 20.9 11.4 54 9.5 15.0 182 9 298.4 300.1 290.2 324.6 8.95 3 900 1074 21.8 8.5 43 13.2 13.7 205 11 303.9 305.4 290.9 327.3 7.77 4 850 1567 18.5 7.5 49 11.1 11.9 203 7 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.7 7.66 5 800 2083 14.3 6.6 60 7.8 9.7 160 3 306.4 307.9 291.6 329.6 7.65 6 750 2625 10.4 3.8 64 6.6 6.6 77 2 307.8 309.1 291.2 328.3 6.70 7 700 3195 6.2 -3.9 48 10.1 1.4 47 4 309.4 310.2 289.4 322.2 4.10 8 650 3797 1.8 -11.7 36 13.5 -3.6 54 6 311.0 311.4 288.3 318.7 2.39 9 600 4438 -1.3 -20.9 21 19.6 -7.5 86 7 314.6 314.9 288.3 318.7 1.21 10 550 5127 -4.0 -31.0 10 27.0 -10.7 115 10 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.52 11 500 5874 -7.2 -42.9 4 35.7 -13.7 143 9 324.3 324.3 290.3 324.9 0.17 12 450 6686 -13.0 -37.7 11 24.6 -17.7 162 6 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.33 13 400 7571 -20.4 -34.5 27 14.1 -22.9 209 6 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.4 0.51 14 350 8544 -27.5 -31.4 69 3.9 -28.2 247 9 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.6 0.79 15 300 9634 -36.2 -43.3 48 7.1 -36.9 257 11 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.28 16 250 10873 -45.1 -54.7 33 9.6 -45.6 257 12 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.09 17 200 12332 -54.0 -63.3 31 9.3 -54.2 268 10 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.04 18 150 14146 -60.8 -78.2 8 17.4 -60.9 259 14 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16603 -69.2 -82.8 12 13.6 -69.3 236 11 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.70 m Freezing level: 621.10 mb = 4167.75 m = 13673.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.27 mb = 3356.05 m = 11010.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.34 mb = 1694.70 m = 5559.97 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.90 mb = 3242.87 m = 10639.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.86 C = 92.95 F Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lifted Index: 5.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 14.66 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6635.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.92 mb = 2318.07 m = 7605.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 133.7 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 163.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 171.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 6.91 m/s