MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 6Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.35,-94.61 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 964 363 25.2 23.1 88 2.1 23.7 160 8 301.5 305.0 298.1 356.9 18.77 2 950 491 26.0 22.7 82 3.3 23.6 172 16 303.6 307.0 298.5 358.9 18.58 3 900 968 23.5 21.0 86 2.6 21.7 206 29 305.7 309.0 298.4 358.6 17.61 4 850 1469 23.6 15.9 62 7.7 18.2 235 38 310.9 313.4 297.1 352.2 13.51 5 800 1998 22.5 11.1 49 11.4 15.0 251 37 315.1 317.2 296.1 347.7 10.46 6 750 2557 18.8 9.0 53 9.9 12.4 261 28 317.0 318.9 296.0 347.3 9.64 7 700 3145 14.6 -3.0 29 17.7 5.4 262 26 318.7 319.6 292.5 332.9 4.37 8 650 3765 10.2 -17.0 13 27.2 -0.6 271 26 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.8 1.55 9 600 4423 4.4 -18.7 17 23.1 -4.1 273 31 321.2 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.45 10 550 5123 -1.9 -18.9 26 17.0 -7.8 273 37 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.2 1.56 11 500 5871 -8.4 -17.3 49 8.9 -11.5 276 47 322.8 323.2 291.6 329.5 1.97 12 450 6679 -13.7 -32.4 19 18.7 -17.7 271 41 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.56 13 400 7562 -20.4 -41.4 13 21.1 -23.5 262 40 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.25 14 350 8536 -27.4 -51.1 9 23.6 -29.6 267 45 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 15 300 9628 -34.7 -56.6 9 21.9 -36.1 275 58 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.06 16 250 10877 -43.8 -59.7 16 15.9 -44.4 272 65 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12345 -51.5 -69.6 10 18.1 -51.9 271 59 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14185 -60.6 -79.5 7 19.0 -60.7 238 36 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16636 -66.6 -82.5 9 15.9 -66.7 258 37 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.56 m Freezing level: 565.04 mb = 4912.14 m = 16115.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.78 mb = 3704.09 m = 12152.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.06 % Est. max temperature: 37.50 C = 99.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.16 mb = 629.90 m = 2066.58 ft T: 25.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.46 C/km ThetaE index: 33.11 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.47 mb = 2735.37 m = 8974.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.07 C = 105.93 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: -8.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.37 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 567.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2781.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.96 mb = 1275.20 m = 4183.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.96 mb = 3970.78 m = 13027.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 173.96 mb = 13237.05 m = 43428.10 ft B at Equ Level: 2772.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 450.7 neg: -18.5 tot: 432.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.81 Bulk Rich Number: 19.35 Bulk Shear: 143.73 m/s