MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 41.59,-93.57 Latitude: 41.59 Longitude: -93.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 978 275 30.8 25.6 74 5.2 26.8 194 8 305.9 309.9 300.7 370.7 21.53 2 950 534 29.3 23.0 69 6.3 24.6 202 14 306.9 310.4 299.4 363.9 18.89 3 900 1015 25.0 21.2 79 3.8 22.2 218 15 307.3 310.6 299.0 361.2 17.85 4 850 1516 21.2 19.5 90 1.7 20.0 245 14 308.4 311.6 298.7 359.9 17.01 5 800 2042 21.5 11.2 52 10.3 14.7 260 12 314.0 316.0 295.8 346.6 10.49 6 750 2600 19.5 3.7 35 15.8 10.0 274 12 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.8 6.64 7 700 3188 14.7 -0.1 36 14.8 6.4 279 18 318.7 319.8 293.3 336.1 5.42 8 650 3808 9.2 -1.9 46 11.1 3.2 282 22 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.9 5.12 9 600 4465 3.3 -3.8 60 7.1 -0.3 295 19 319.9 320.8 293.2 335.5 4.81 10 550 5163 -2.4 -18.0 29 15.6 -7.9 318 18 321.2 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.68 11 500 5912 -7.0 -32.4 11 25.3 -13.0 308 21 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.50 12 450 6723 -13.1 -37.6 11 24.4 -17.7 312 23 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.34 13 400 7609 -19.5 -44.4 9 24.9 -22.9 311 21 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 14 350 8585 -27.3 -49.3 11 22.0 -29.5 317 23 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 15 300 9676 -35.7 -53.7 14 18.0 -36.9 309 24 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10917 -45.1 -60.3 17 15.1 -45.7 320 29 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12374 -54.3 -66.9 20 12.7 -54.5 311 29 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14194 -58.4 -79.3 5 20.9 -58.6 299 21 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16698 -66.1 -83.9 7 17.8 -66.2 336 12 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.11 m Freezing level: 571.19 mb = 4867.01 m = 15967.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4401.77 m = 14441.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.94 % Est. max temperature: 35.68 C = 96.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.25 mb = 943.55 m = 3095.60 ft T: 25.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.96 C/km ThetaE index: 44.42 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.46 mb = 2674.48 m = 8774.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.68 C = 108.83 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -8.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -14.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.69 C Showalter Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 26.52 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3977.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 89.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.53 mb = 1367.02 m = 4484.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.53 mb = 3436.46 m = 11274.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.53 mb = 13804.59 m = 45290.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3962.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 82.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.71 Bulk Rich Number: 84.07 Bulk Shear: 47.31 m/s