MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.97,-98.47 Latitude: 36.97 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 962 412 29.7 20.4 57 9.3 22.9 37 4 306.2 309.2 297.4 353.8 15.85 2 950 520 27.6 19.5 61 8.2 21.8 42 3 305.2 308.0 296.7 350.6 15.16 3 900 997 23.0 18.5 76 4.5 19.8 149 1 305.2 308.0 296.7 350.2 15.05 4 850 1492 18.6 17.2 92 1.4 17.7 207 6 305.6 308.4 296.5 349.7 14.71 5 800 2012 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.6 217 21 308.2 310.6 295.8 346.2 12.55 6 750 2559 12.2 10.2 87 2.0 10.9 226 28 309.9 311.8 294.8 341.9 10.49 7 700 3136 11.5 -3.3 35 14.9 3.9 263 36 315.2 316.1 291.4 328.9 4.27 8 650 3751 7.0 -9.6 29 16.6 -0.4 266 39 316.9 317.5 290.6 326.2 2.84 9 600 4401 1.6 -17.3 23 18.9 -5.3 264 37 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.5 1.63 10 550 5096 -3.0 -33.1 8 30.1 -10.3 261 38 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.0 0.43 11 500 5842 -8.4 -39.3 6 30.8 -14.4 257 43 322.8 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.25 12 450 6649 -14.4 -42.1 8 27.8 -18.8 254 50 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 13 400 7530 -20.8 -44.7 10 24.0 -23.9 257 59 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 14 350 8503 -27.9 -42.9 22 15.0 -29.7 260 66 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9591 -36.3 -47.8 30 11.4 -37.2 260 73 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.17 16 250 10831 -44.4 -61.0 14 16.6 -45.0 259 86 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12295 -53.1 -68.4 14 15.3 -53.4 258 82 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14113 -61.0 -78.0 9 17.1 -61.1 259 70 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16594 -67.1 -84.3 7 17.2 -67.2 265 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.75 m Freezing level: 582.68 mb = 4641.87 m = 15229.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3692.67 m = 12114.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.64 mb = 1587.44 m = 5208.07 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.37 C/km ThetaE index: 31.76 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1801.29 m = 5909.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1971.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.83 mb = 1575.31 m = 5168.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.83 mb = 2152.70 m = 7062.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.83 mb = 2937.33 m = 9636.78 ft B at Equ Level: 14.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.83 mb = 16190.35 m = 53117.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.7 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 284.7 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 316.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.26 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 130.19 m/s