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: 38.04,-103.80 Latitude: 38.04 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 511 2 900 978 SFC 863 1348 24.9 12.2 45 12.7 16.5 85 12 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.8 10.39 4 850 1475 22.0 11.1 50 10.9 15.0 88 12 309.2 311.0 294.1 339.1 9.82 5 800 1997 16.8 9.9 64 6.9 12.4 99 10 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.4 9.62 6 750 2543 12.0 8.2 77 3.8 9.7 132 5 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.6 9.16 7 700 3119 9.0 3.8 70 5.1 6.0 233 10 312.4 313.8 293.0 334.9 7.22 8 650 3730 6.0 -3.1 52 9.1 1.4 252 25 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.7 4.69 9 600 4380 0.8 -6.1 60 6.9 -2.4 253 34 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.1 4.04 10 550 5072 -4.8 -9.4 70 4.6 -6.8 253 42 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.4 3.40 11 500 5813 -10.8 -16.1 65 5.3 -12.6 258 46 319.8 320.3 290.9 327.1 2.17 12 450 6615 -15.7 -33.4 20 17.7 -19.2 265 48 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.3 0.51 13 400 7492 -22.3 -42.3 15 20.0 -25.0 264 46 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.23 14 350 8458 -29.6 -47.6 16 18.0 -31.3 263 47 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.4 0.15 15 300 9538 -37.5 -56.9 11 19.5 -38.5 259 58 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.06 16 250 10774 -45.6 -61.2 16 15.6 -46.2 256 74 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12227 -54.9 -67.6 19 12.7 -55.1 253 76 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14046 -60.1 -75.5 12 15.4 -60.3 253 77 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16557 -61.5 -84.3 3 22.8 -61.7 275 29 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.14 m Freezing level: 592.69 mb = 4481.09 m = 14701.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.05 mb = 3957.60 m = 12984.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.16 mb = 2940.13 m = 9645.97 ft T: 9.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 17.48 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.05 mb = 3442.85 m = 11295.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 38.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.85 mb = 2885.53 m = 9466.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 594.85 mb = 4448.53 m = 14594.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.85 mb = 10910.02 m = 35793.60 ft B at Equ Level: 675.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.85 mb = 13449.44 m = 44124.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.6 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 285.6 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 228.23 m/s