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: 38.43,-100.44 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -100.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 909 843 28.6 18.0 53 10.5 21.1 146 21 310.0 312.8 297.5 354.1 14.46 3 900 934 27.5 17.3 54 10.3 20.3 149 28 309.9 312.5 297.1 352.2 13.90 4 850 1437 23.2 15.8 63 7.4 18.1 161 33 310.4 313.0 296.9 351.3 13.39 5 800 1964 19.9 13.8 68 6.2 15.7 186 31 312.4 314.8 296.8 350.8 12.48 6 750 2518 15.6 11.7 78 3.9 13.0 202 29 313.5 315.8 296.5 349.5 11.64 7 700 3100 10.8 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 212 28 314.5 316.5 296.0 347.3 10.56 8 650 3716 6.9 3.7 80 3.2 5.0 234 28 316.8 318.2 294.6 341.0 7.69 9 600 4369 1.9 -1.1 81 3.0 0.3 247 30 318.4 319.5 293.6 337.3 5.91 10 550 5066 -2.6 -6.7 73 4.1 -4.6 251 42 321.0 321.8 293.0 334.7 4.21 11 500 5818 -6.0 -20.6 30 14.7 -10.8 255 48 325.7 326.0 292.0 330.9 1.48 12 450 6636 -10.6 -31.0 17 20.4 -15.5 258 48 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.3 0.64 13 400 7530 -17.3 -35.6 19 18.3 -20.8 264 43 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.46 14 350 8514 -25.2 -41.9 20 16.7 -27.5 273 40 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.28 15 300 9614 -33.6 -48.8 20 15.3 -34.9 276 35 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.15 16 250 10866 -43.5 -55.5 25 12.0 -44.1 278 39 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 17 200 12329 -54.4 -63.1 34 8.7 -54.6 275 41 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14131 -62.0 -74.2 18 12.2 -62.1 288 30 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16625 -65.4 -83.9 6 18.6 -65.5 319 15 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.66 m Freezing level: 578.81 mb = 4664.63 m = 15303.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.78 mb = 4412.18 m = 14475.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.24 mb = 2178.67 m = 7147.79 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.22 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2788.16 m = 9147.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.42 C = 90.36 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 43.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1606.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.44 mb = 2388.04 m = 7834.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.44 mb = 3142.52 m = 10309.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.44 mb = 13114.24 m = 43025.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1581.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.44 mb = 16240.91 m = 53283.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 317.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 317.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 220.59 m/s