MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.76,-90.12 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 986 200 26.9 23.7 83 3.2 24.6 226 11 301.3 304.8 298.2 357.5 19.08 2 950 529 23.9 20.4 81 3.4 21.4 231 22 301.4 304.4 296.4 348.9 16.13 3 900 1000 20.2 18.6 91 1.6 19.1 236 28 302.3 305.1 296.0 347.1 15.16 4 850 1493 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.3 244 36 305.0 307.4 295.4 344.4 13.20 5 800 2011 15.1 12.6 85 2.5 13.5 249 38 307.3 309.4 294.8 342.1 11.55 6 750 2556 11.8 10.0 89 1.8 10.6 253 40 309.4 311.3 294.5 340.8 10.33 7 700 3131 8.0 6.6 91 1.4 7.1 257 42 311.3 313.0 293.9 338.3 8.75 8 650 3740 4.3 1.9 85 2.4 3.0 260 44 313.8 315.1 293.1 335.1 6.79 9 600 4387 -0.1 -3.4 78 3.3 -1.7 267 48 316.0 317.0 292.2 331.9 4.97 10 550 5078 -4.6 -9.2 70 4.6 -6.6 271 51 318.6 319.3 291.7 329.9 3.46 11 500 5822 -9.5 -13.3 73 3.9 -10.9 268 52 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.6 2.74 12 450 6630 -13.5 -18.4 66 4.9 -15.1 273 48 326.3 326.7 292.6 333.2 2.00 13 400 7517 -18.7 -23.2 68 4.5 -19.9 271 48 330.7 331.0 293.3 336.0 1.48 14 350 8499 -25.3 -29.3 69 4.0 -26.1 264 52 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.2 0.97 15 300 9600 -33.4 -37.4 68 3.9 -34.0 254 52 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.51 16 250 10853 -43.0 -46.9 65 3.9 -43.3 245 49 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.0 0.22 17 200 12316 -55.2 -56.4 86 1.2 -55.2 247 50 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.09 18 150 14107 -64.3 -70.9 40 6.6 -64.4 271 58 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16585 -67.6 -83.8 8 16.2 -67.7 274 33 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.04 m Freezing level: 600.77 mb = 4376.92 m = 14359.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.31 mb = 4143.76 m = 13594.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.30 mb = 599.94 m = 1968.28 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 27.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1193.39 m = 3915.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 25.02 C K Index: 41.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1755.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.37 mb = 996.71 m = 3270.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.37 mb = 1744.56 m = 5723.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.37 mb = 13134.39 m = 43091.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1732.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.37 mb = 16265.83 m = 53364.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.38 Bulk Rich Number: 19.32 Bulk Shear: 90.85 m/s