MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 41.8,-93.6 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 979 291 33.0 21.9 52 11.2 24.8 336 6 308.0 311.3 298.7 359.8 17.11 2 950 560 29.9 19.6 54 10.2 22.5 318 8 307.5 310.4 297.4 353.7 15.33 3 900 1041 25.3 18.5 66 6.8 20.5 298 10 307.6 310.4 297.3 353.2 15.09 4 850 1541 20.7 17.4 81 3.3 18.4 288 12 307.8 310.6 297.2 352.7 14.84 5 800 2062 16.1 15.2 94 0.9 15.5 285 14 308.4 310.9 296.6 349.9 13.72 6 750 2610 15.0 3.3 45 11.7 8.2 296 20 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.1 6.47 7 700 3191 10.9 5.7 70 5.3 7.8 306 21 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.2 8.21 8 650 3805 6.8 2.3 73 4.4 4.2 322 29 316.6 318.0 294.0 338.7 6.98 9 600 4458 2.6 -12.1 33 14.7 -3.6 325 34 319.1 319.6 291.0 327.5 2.51 10 550 5155 -2.1 -12.4 45 10.3 -6.3 326 34 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.5 2.68 11 500 5904 -7.9 -17.2 47 9.3 -11.2 329 37 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.1 1.98 12 450 6714 -14.0 -23.1 46 9.2 -16.6 326 40 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.32 13 400 7598 -19.4 -33.2 28 13.8 -22.1 324 44 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.9 0.58 14 350 8576 -26.9 -36.4 40 9.5 -28.3 330 47 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.49 15 300 9667 -35.8 -40.5 62 4.7 -36.3 327 52 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.4 0.37 16 250 10906 -46.0 -48.1 79 2.1 -46.2 329 58 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.4 0.20 17 200 12354 -55.5 -61.8 45 6.3 -55.6 334 65 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 18 150 14173 -59.3 -78.9 6 19.6 -59.5 341 83 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16662 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.5 337 45 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.84 m Freezing level: 572.44 mb = 4842.25 m = 15886.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.81 mb = 4153.72 m = 13627.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.06 C = 91.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.83 mb = 1705.82 m = 5596.47 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 26.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.40 mb = 1929.87 m = 6331.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.23 C = 91.81 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -6.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2660.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.54 mb = 1854.59 m = 6084.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.54 mb = 2013.57 m = 6606.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.54 mb = 2336.81 m = 7666.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 754.54 mb = 2558.87 m = 8395.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 347.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 75.97 Bulk Shear: 35.02 m/s