MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.44,-92.97 Latitude: 38.44 Longitude: -92.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 976 294 24.7 22.0 85 2.7 22.8 54 3 300.0 303.1 296.8 350.7 17.32 2 950 528 22.9 19.1 79 3.8 20.2 49 3 300.4 303.2 295.3 343.8 14.81 3 900 997 19.1 18.0 94 1.1 18.4 236 2 301.2 303.8 295.3 344.0 14.58 4 850 1488 16.4 15.6 95 0.8 15.8 240 10 303.3 305.7 294.9 342.4 13.19 5 800 2003 14.4 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 252 20 306.5 308.6 294.3 340.1 11.17 6 750 2548 12.2 8.1 76 4.0 9.7 254 25 309.8 311.5 293.7 337.6 9.10 7 700 3124 9.0 3.3 67 5.7 5.8 263 28 312.5 313.8 292.8 334.1 6.94 8 650 3734 4.9 -1.4 64 6.3 1.6 271 32 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.3 5.31 9 600 4381 -0.2 -4.1 75 4.0 -2.1 272 36 315.9 316.8 292.0 330.9 4.69 10 550 5071 -5.5 -11.1 64 5.6 -7.8 278 43 317.6 318.2 290.9 327.3 2.97 11 500 5811 -10.6 -21.4 41 10.8 -13.8 274 47 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.8 1.38 12 450 6615 -15.0 -31.3 23 16.4 -18.5 270 53 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.7 0.62 13 400 7495 -20.7 -36.8 22 16.1 -23.4 267 55 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.5 0.41 14 350 8468 -27.7 -41.7 25 14.0 -29.5 268 63 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.28 15 300 9556 -36.6 -48.0 30 11.4 -37.5 270 68 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 16 250 10796 -44.8 -55.4 29 10.6 -45.2 267 71 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.08 17 200 12262 -52.3 -62.8 27 10.5 -52.5 261 74 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14084 -61.4 -76.7 11 15.3 -61.6 262 66 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16569 -64.9 -83.6 6 18.7 -65.1 276 42 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.44 m Freezing level: 601.90 mb = 4356.53 m = 14292.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 4003.93 m = 13136.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.41 mb = 634.27 m = 2080.91 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1187.35 m = 3895.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -4.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.18 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1326.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.82 mb = 1046.73 m = 3434.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.82 mb = 1489.46 m = 4886.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 839.82 mb = 1590.17 m = 5217.03 ft B at Equ Level: 6.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.82 mb = 2438.15 m = 7999.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 159.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 11.32 Bulk Shear: 117.15 m/s