MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.21,-92.56 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 973 288 31.1 25.8 73 5.3 27.0 189 17 306.6 310.7 301.1 373.0 21.95 2 950 500 28.6 23.2 73 5.4 24.6 192 29 306.2 309.8 299.5 364.0 19.19 3 900 979 24.0 21.3 85 2.6 22.1 195 34 306.2 309.6 298.8 360.5 18.05 4 850 1478 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 210 37 308.1 310.9 297.5 354.0 15.17 5 800 2005 20.9 9.0 46 11.9 13.3 218 39 313.4 315.2 294.7 341.5 9.03 6 750 2559 17.0 6.4 50 10.6 10.5 209 33 315.1 316.6 294.4 340.3 8.07 7 700 3145 13.8 2.9 48 10.9 7.4 208 26 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.2 6.75 8 650 3764 9.2 -3.2 41 12.4 2.7 216 18 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.4 4.64 9 600 4421 3.8 -8.3 41 12.2 -1.8 237 18 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.39 10 550 5121 -1.8 -11.7 47 9.8 -6.0 255 26 321.9 322.4 292.1 331.4 2.84 11 500 5870 -8.3 -10.6 83 2.3 -9.2 263 30 323.0 323.6 292.9 334.3 3.42 12 450 6679 -13.8 -20.2 58 6.5 -15.8 262 34 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.8 1.70 13 400 7563 -19.9 -33.7 28 13.8 -22.5 256 41 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.55 14 350 8537 -28.3 -42.3 25 14.0 -30.0 255 42 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.26 15 300 9625 -35.7 -55.2 12 19.5 -36.9 278 44 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10871 -43.7 -63.2 10 19.5 -44.4 280 50 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12345 -50.8 -70.9 7 20.1 -51.2 276 58 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14183 -60.7 -79.7 6 19.0 -60.8 262 56 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16648 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.3 283 13 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.01 m Freezing level: 566.24 mb = 4893.32 m = 16054.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.91 mb = 4153.12 m = 13625.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.67 % Est. max temperature: 35.34 C = 95.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.72 mb = 962.47 m = 3157.67 ft T: 24.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 41.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1468.26 m = 4817.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.50 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -9.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -6.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.97 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 564.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3654.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.34 mb = 1261.84 m = 4139.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.34 mb = 3188.41 m = 10460.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.34 mb = 13918.32 m = 45663.24 ft B at Equ Level: 3639.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.9 neg: -81.0 tot: 116.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.52 Bulk Rich Number: 122.11 Bulk Shear: 29.92 m/s