MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030000F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030000F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 40.29,-102.86 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -102.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 1 950 574 2 900 1038 SFC 872 1305 19.0 14.8 77 4.1 16.2 117 14 303.7 306.0 294.4 340.2 12.26 4 850 1530 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 122 24 305.2 307.5 294.6 341.0 11.97 5 800 2049 16.5 12.4 77 4.1 13.8 160 21 308.8 310.9 295.1 343.5 11.42 6 750 2598 15.3 5.9 53 9.4 9.6 206 14 313.2 314.7 293.7 337.5 7.81 7 700 3182 13.9 -11.9 16 25.8 2.5 231 8 317.9 318.3 290.3 325.2 2.20 8 650 3800 8.9 -9.5 26 18.3 0.5 255 10 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.4 2.87 9 600 4455 3.4 -8.7 41 12.2 -2.1 264 16 320.1 320.7 292.0 330.9 3.29 10 550 5154 -2.6 -9.2 60 6.6 -5.5 269 22 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.4 3.46 11 500 5901 -8.5 -12.1 75 3.6 -9.9 265 31 322.7 323.3 292.5 332.8 3.03 12 450 6712 -12.7 -29.8 22 17.2 -16.7 267 26 327.3 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.72 13 400 7599 -19.6 -39.8 15 20.2 -22.8 260 25 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.30 14 350 8575 -26.8 -47.5 12 20.8 -29.0 259 31 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.15 15 300 9670 -34.5 -55.1 11 20.5 -35.9 263 36 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 16 250 10918 -43.9 -59.2 17 15.3 -44.6 268 41 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.05 17 200 12381 -53.7 -68.0 16 14.3 -53.9 267 43 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14197 -61.0 -76.3 12 15.3 -61.1 259 48 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16679 -64.5 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.7 276 26 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.02 m Freezing level: 571.67 mb = 4850.96 m = 15915.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.63 mb = 3918.72 m = 12856.55 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.76 mb = 1829.49 m = 6002.19 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 18.27 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.37 mb = 3731.18 m = 12241.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.68 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 14.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 251.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 328.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 767.93 mb = 2396.84 m = 7863.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.93 mb = 4967.10 m = 16296.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.93 mb = 10838.11 m = 35557.69 ft B at Equ Level: 437.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.93 mb = 13298.70 m = 43630.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: -14.7 tot: 182.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 167.31 m/s