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: 37.96,-89.76 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -89.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 992 148 27.1 23.7 82 3.4 24.6 216 12 301.0 304.5 298.0 356.7 18.91 2 950 528 23.5 20.2 82 3.3 21.2 221 22 301.0 303.9 296.1 347.7 15.89 3 900 999 20.3 18.2 88 2.1 18.8 230 29 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.0 14.75 4 850 1492 17.8 15.5 86 2.3 16.3 240 35 304.8 307.3 295.3 344.0 13.14 5 800 2010 14.9 12.8 87 2.1 13.5 246 37 307.0 309.2 294.8 342.2 11.69 6 750 2554 11.4 10.3 93 1.1 10.7 251 40 309.0 310.9 294.6 341.0 10.53 7 700 3128 7.7 7.0 96 0.6 7.3 255 42 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.8 9.04 8 650 3736 3.9 2.7 92 1.2 3.2 259 45 313.4 314.8 293.3 335.8 7.17 9 600 4383 -0.4 -2.7 85 2.3 -1.6 265 49 315.6 316.7 292.3 332.3 5.25 10 550 5073 -4.8 -8.8 74 4.0 -6.5 269 54 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.1 3.59 11 500 5817 -9.5 -12.8 77 3.3 -10.8 266 55 321.4 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.85 12 450 6625 -13.3 -18.1 67 4.8 -14.9 271 47 326.6 327.0 292.7 333.6 2.04 13 400 7513 -18.6 -22.7 70 4.1 -19.7 271 47 330.8 331.2 293.4 336.3 1.54 14 350 8495 -25.3 -28.9 72 3.6 -26.1 264 52 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.3 1.00 15 300 9596 -33.3 -36.3 75 3.0 -33.8 253 52 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.5 0.57 16 250 10850 -43.0 -44.5 85 1.5 -43.2 239 50 342.1 342.1 295.1 343.2 0.29 17 200 12312 -55.3 -55.8 93 0.6 -55.3 242 52 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.10 18 150 14104 -64.1 -71.3 36 7.2 -64.2 271 58 359.6 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.02 19 100 16583 -66.5 -84.0 7 17.4 -66.7 273 34 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.29 m Freezing level: 604.74 mb = 4321.32 m = 14177.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.26 mb = 4166.71 m = 13670.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.96 mb = 583.70 m = 1915.01 ft T: 23.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 26.57 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1226.61 m = 4024.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -6.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.66 C Showalter Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 42.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1659.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.66 mb = 973.36 m = 3193.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.66 mb = 1823.18 m = 5981.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.66 mb = 13049.89 m = 42814.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1635.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.66 mb = 16131.53 m = 52924.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 269.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.37 Bulk Rich Number: 15.16 Bulk Shear: 109.44 m/s