MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 13 JUN 25 Station: 38.23,-100.52 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 1 950 457 SFC 908 855 29.8 17.6 48 12.2 21.1 153 18 311.4 314.1 297.6 354.6 14.09 3 900 935 28.8 16.7 48 12.1 20.3 155 24 311.2 313.7 297.1 352.3 13.44 4 850 1440 24.3 15.1 56 9.2 17.9 170 30 311.6 314.1 296.8 350.9 12.80 5 800 1969 20.2 13.3 64 6.9 15.5 191 30 312.7 315.0 296.6 350.0 12.10 6 750 2523 15.5 11.4 77 4.0 12.8 206 30 313.4 315.6 296.3 348.6 11.40 7 700 3105 10.4 9.2 92 1.2 9.6 218 30 314.0 316.0 295.9 346.7 10.51 8 650 3719 6.1 3.4 83 2.7 4.6 236 33 315.9 317.4 294.3 339.7 7.57 9 600 4371 2.1 -2.4 72 4.5 -0.2 242 33 318.6 319.6 293.3 335.8 5.35 10 550 5069 -2.5 -7.0 71 4.4 -4.6 244 38 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.6 4.12 11 500 5820 -6.3 -14.9 51 8.6 -9.6 248 39 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.5 2.40 12 450 6637 -11.1 -21.5 42 10.4 -14.3 251 38 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.7 1.53 13 400 7530 -17.8 -25.6 51 7.8 -19.8 258 33 331.8 332.0 293.3 336.1 1.19 14 350 8514 -25.3 -31.6 56 6.2 -26.5 269 32 334.6 334.8 293.7 337.5 0.78 15 300 9614 -33.5 -39.0 58 5.5 -34.1 277 31 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.44 16 250 10867 -43.2 -47.8 61 4.5 -43.5 281 40 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.6 0.20 17 200 12331 -54.7 -58.3 64 3.6 -54.8 280 43 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14131 -61.5 -74.6 16 13.1 -61.6 293 28 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16629 -65.6 -83.9 6 18.4 -65.7 309 16 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5804.08 m Freezing level: 577.04 mb = 4691.61 m = 15392.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.23 mb = 4341.03 m = 14242.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.70 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.12 mb = 2396.41 m = 7862.15 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.27 mb = 2840.49 m = 9319.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 44.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1603.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.28 mb = 2598.63 m = 8525.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.28 mb = 3005.32 m = 9859.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.28 mb = 13050.09 m = 42814.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1581.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.28 mb = 16138.86 m = 52948.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.54 Bulk Rich Number: 10.92 Bulk Shear: 146.86 m/s