MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 142 SFC 970 407 29.8 13.6 37 16.2 19.0 178 8 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.12 2 950 593 27.2 11.9 39 15.3 17.3 180 10 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.5 9.24 3 900 1067 22.6 11.0 48 11.6 15.2 183 10 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.2 9.16 4 850 1561 17.8 10.0 60 7.8 13.0 185 9 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.2 9.13 5 800 2076 14.2 6.7 61 7.5 9.7 184 5 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.6 7.70 6 750 2618 10.5 1.5 54 9.0 5.6 97 4 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.4 5.69 7 700 3188 6.3 -6.6 39 12.9 0.4 75 6 309.4 310.1 288.7 319.9 3.33 8 650 3790 2.0 -13.0 32 15.0 -3.8 80 6 311.2 311.6 288.2 318.3 2.17 9 600 4431 -1.2 -21.8 19 20.7 -7.6 119 5 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.6 1.11 10 550 5121 -3.5 -40.1 4 36.7 -10.9 174 4 320.0 320.0 289.0 320.7 0.21 11 500 5870 -6.7 -31.7 12 25.0 -12.8 218 5 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.9 0.54 12 450 6683 -12.9 -23.0 43 10.1 -15.9 231 11 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.7 1.33 13 400 7568 -19.9 -25.3 62 5.4 -21.2 234 11 329.1 329.4 292.7 333.5 1.23 14 350 8545 -27.0 -33.0 57 6.0 -28.0 253 18 332.3 332.5 293.0 334.8 0.68 15 300 9636 -35.9 -40.8 61 4.9 -36.4 267 26 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.36 16 250 10874 -46.1 -48.2 79 2.1 -46.2 255 16 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.19 17 200 12333 -53.5 -64.2 26 10.6 -53.8 224 12 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14145 -61.5 -75.7 13 14.3 -61.6 245 18 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16609 -68.6 -82.8 11 14.2 -68.7 206 10 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.04 m Freezing level: 618.27 mb = 4197.11 m = 13769.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.94 mb = 3246.71 m = 10651.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.00 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 766.66 mb = 2433.33 m = 7983.26 ft T: 11.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.38 mb = 2985.06 m = 9793.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 16.72 C K Index: 21.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.42 mb = 2512.90 m = 8244.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.42 mb = 3859.09 m = 12660.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 624.42 mb = 4111.72 m = 13489.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 594.42 mb = 4505.48 m = 14781.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 160.5 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 190.5 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -4.0 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 2.38 m/s