MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 43.50,-104.45 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -104.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 513 2 900 976 SFC 873 1234 18.8 17.4 91 1.4 17.8 112 19 303.5 306.2 295.8 346.4 14.44 4 850 1468 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 114 30 303.9 306.6 295.9 346.8 14.41 5 800 1987 19.1 14.0 72 5.2 15.6 152 39 311.5 313.9 296.7 350.3 12.63 6 750 2543 18.8 6.0 43 12.8 10.9 176 41 317.0 318.5 294.7 341.8 7.84 7 700 3132 15.2 -0.6 34 15.8 6.5 199 35 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.3 5.25 8 650 3753 10.0 -9.3 25 19.3 1.0 206 32 320.2 320.8 291.6 329.8 2.89 9 600 4411 4.3 -15.3 22 19.6 -3.5 213 37 321.1 321.5 291.0 327.6 1.94 10 550 5110 -2.1 -15.8 34 13.7 -7.2 208 41 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.5 2.03 11 500 5858 -8.3 -22.1 32 13.8 -12.5 212 46 322.9 323.1 291.0 327.4 1.30 12 450 6667 -14.0 -40.3 9 26.3 -18.5 219 34 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.25 13 400 7548 -21.1 -38.9 19 17.8 -23.8 229 37 327.6 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.33 14 350 8517 -29.2 -48.4 14 19.2 -31.0 237 39 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 15 300 9598 -37.6 -59.9 8 22.3 -38.7 242 32 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.04 16 250 10833 -45.6 -64.0 11 18.4 -46.2 245 40 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12294 -53.4 -67.5 16 14.1 -53.7 248 62 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14117 -59.2 -76.8 8 17.6 -59.4 247 60 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16622 -59.5 -84.4 3 24.9 -59.8 240 39 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.19 m Freezing level: 566.40 mb = 4880.82 m = 16012.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.74 mb = 3896.77 m = 12784.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.29 mb = 1414.32 m = 4640.11 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.11 mb = 3547.94 m = 11640.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.66 C = 94.40 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.21 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1699.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.77 mb = 2185.61 m = 7170.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.77 mb = 4590.17 m = 15059.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.77 mb = 12397.62 m = 40674.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1681.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.77 mb = 15664.81 m = 51393.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 564.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 563.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.84 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 239.36 m/s