MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 43.01,-94.19 Latitude: 43.01 Longitude: -94.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 970 358 25.8 23.7 88 2.1 24.3 165 6 301.6 305.2 298.5 358.9 19.39 2 950 538 28.4 23.0 73 5.4 24.4 188 17 306.0 309.5 299.2 362.9 18.94 3 900 1021 27.5 20.0 64 7.5 22.0 196 15 309.8 312.9 298.7 360.2 16.55 4 850 1525 23.6 17.9 70 5.7 19.5 222 13 310.9 313.8 298.3 357.9 15.38 5 800 2053 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 15.6 258 16 312.8 315.2 296.7 350.3 12.15 6 750 2609 19.3 -9.0 14 28.3 5.8 270 9 317.5 318.0 290.6 325.9 2.57 7 700 3195 14.1 -7.8 21 21.8 3.6 290 11 318.1 318.6 291.2 328.0 3.04 8 650 3813 8.6 -11.9 22 20.5 -0.3 285 15 318.6 319.1 290.7 326.5 2.36 9 600 4469 4.2 -25.1 10 29.3 -5.1 289 17 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.83 10 550 5170 -0.2 -31.3 7 31.1 -8.5 303 19 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.7 0.51 11 500 5925 -4.7 -37.9 5 33.2 -12.0 295 27 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.29 12 450 6744 -10.6 -38.5 8 27.8 -16.2 303 33 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.31 13 400 7638 -17.6 -34.7 21 17.1 -21.0 307 34 332.1 332.2 292.8 334.0 0.50 14 350 8620 -25.6 -40.6 23 15.0 -27.7 318 41 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.5 0.32 15 300 9719 -34.0 -50.6 17 16.5 -35.4 323 51 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.12 16 250 10972 -41.7 -63.7 7 21.9 -42.6 322 49 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 17 200 12453 -51.6 -69.6 10 18.1 -52.0 311 42 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.02 18 150 14270 -61.2 -77.0 11 15.9 -61.3 299 42 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16739 -68.4 -83.1 10 14.7 -68.5 287 26 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.62 m Freezing level: 552.70 mb = 5131.95 m = 16836.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.53 mb = 3768.27 m = 12362.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.04 % Est. max temperature: 36.17 C = 97.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.86 mb = 624.57 m = 2049.07 ft T: 28.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 36.98 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2792.50 m = 9161.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.73 C = 107.11 F Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lifted Index: -5.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 24.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2784.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.41 mb = 1613.63 m = 5294.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.41 mb = 3358.96 m = 11020.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.41 mb = 14005.55 m = 45949.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2761.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.4 neg: -12.8 tot: 97.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 46.00 Bulk Shear: 60.54 m/s