MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.55,-93.59 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -93.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 965 356 29.8 25.2 76 4.7 26.3 183 9 306.1 310.0 300.6 370.3 21.30 2 950 494 29.6 23.5 70 6.1 25.0 190 16 307.2 310.9 299.9 366.4 19.57 3 900 976 26.0 21.5 76 4.5 22.7 210 21 308.3 311.7 299.4 363.7 18.28 4 850 1479 22.3 19.6 85 2.7 20.4 231 22 309.5 312.8 299.0 361.7 17.13 5 800 2005 18.9 17.1 89 1.8 17.7 251 26 311.3 314.3 298.5 358.9 15.51 6 750 2559 16.9 11.5 70 5.5 13.3 265 29 315.0 317.2 296.7 350.5 11.43 7 700 3146 14.7 3.9 48 10.8 8.3 280 31 318.8 320.2 294.8 341.9 7.27 8 650 3768 9.8 -1.8 44 11.7 3.6 300 29 320.1 321.1 293.5 336.8 5.16 9 600 4426 4.6 -11.2 31 15.8 -2.3 307 29 321.4 322.0 291.8 330.4 2.70 10 550 5128 -0.5 -29.8 9 29.3 -8.5 307 36 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.6 0.59 11 500 5881 -6.0 -25.8 19 19.8 -11.7 316 43 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.0 0.93 12 450 6695 -12.5 -28.2 26 15.7 -16.4 322 49 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.5 0.83 13 400 7583 -18.7 -37.5 17 18.8 -22.0 320 50 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.38 14 350 8564 -25.9 -44.5 16 18.6 -28.2 320 45 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.6 0.21 15 300 9661 -33.8 -52.5 13 18.7 -35.2 317 43 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.2 0.10 16 250 10916 -42.2 -59.1 14 17.0 -42.9 315 59 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 17 200 12388 -53.2 -66.8 17 13.7 -53.5 315 67 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14193 -62.9 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 315 61 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16665 -68.0 -83.5 9 15.5 -68.1 299 46 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.10 m Freezing level: 554.70 mb = 5061.66 m = 16606.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.63 mb = 4161.33 m = 13652.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.20 % Est. max temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.54 mb = 950.75 m = 3119.21 ft T: 26.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 44.64 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.14 mb = 1757.27 m = 5765.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.19 C = 93.54 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3814.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.23 mb = 1445.17 m = 4741.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.23 mb = 3288.62 m = 10789.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.23 mb = 14691.61 m = 48200.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3770.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.1 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 317.1 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.38 Bulk Rich Number: 24.14 Bulk Shear: 157.99 m/s