MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 42.01,-94.37 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 968 334 29.0 22.8 69 6.2 24.4 258 4 304.9 308.4 298.7 359.9 18.37 2 950 499 28.0 20.1 62 7.9 22.3 253 7 305.6 308.5 297.3 352.8 15.79 3 900 976 23.7 18.7 73 5.1 20.1 244 11 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.6 15.22 4 850 1474 19.3 17.5 89 1.8 18.1 237 16 306.4 309.2 296.9 351.4 14.97 5 800 1994 16.3 13.5 84 2.8 14.4 245 21 308.5 310.8 295.7 345.8 12.28 6 750 2542 14.3 6.3 59 7.9 9.5 272 20 312.1 313.6 293.6 336.9 8.03 7 700 3122 10.8 1.2 51 9.6 5.5 286 22 314.4 315.6 292.6 333.2 5.96 8 650 3735 6.7 -3.0 50 9.7 1.7 293 22 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.7 4.73 9 600 4387 2.1 -8.3 46 10.5 -2.6 288 22 318.6 319.3 291.6 329.7 3.40 10 550 5083 -2.2 -16.0 34 13.7 -7.4 272 23 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.00 11 500 5835 -6.3 -25.6 20 19.4 -11.8 275 31 325.4 325.6 291.4 328.8 0.95 12 450 6649 -12.1 -30.8 19 18.8 -16.4 278 28 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.65 13 400 7539 -18.6 -40.1 13 21.4 -22.1 279 25 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.29 14 350 8519 -25.8 -50.3 8 24.5 -28.3 258 23 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 15 300 9618 -33.9 -48.5 22 14.6 -35.2 230 30 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 16 250 10870 -43.6 -50.6 46 7.0 -44.0 223 41 341.2 341.3 294.8 341.8 0.15 17 200 12329 -55.8 -58.3 74 2.5 -55.9 212 43 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.7 0.07 18 150 14111 -64.5 -69.3 52 4.8 -64.6 216 23 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.02 19 100 16600 -63.9 -84.3 5 20.4 -64.0 280 4 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.67 m Freezing level: 575.58 mb = 4727.14 m = 15508.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.18 mb = 3987.39 m = 13081.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.64 mb = 1116.21 m = 3662.05 ft T: 22.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 31.70 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1758.35 m = 5768.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2040.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.58 mb = 1538.66 m = 5048.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.58 mb = 2785.55 m = 9138.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.58 mb = 13387.53 m = 43921.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2034.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 302.7 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.02 Bulk Rich Number: 77.60 Bulk Shear: 26.30 m/s