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: 42.69,-95.95 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 959 404 28.6 22.6 70 6.0 24.2 164 7 305.4 308.8 298.8 360.3 18.33 2 950 488 28.0 20.9 66 7.1 22.8 170 9 305.6 308.6 297.7 355.2 16.59 3 900 966 24.4 18.6 70 5.9 20.3 223 11 306.7 309.5 297.1 352.2 15.12 4 850 1465 20.5 16.7 79 3.8 17.8 248 16 307.6 310.2 296.7 350.4 14.20 5 800 1986 16.3 14.3 87 2.1 14.9 264 21 308.6 311.0 296.1 347.6 12.88 6 750 2534 14.2 6.8 61 7.5 9.7 277 24 312.0 313.6 293.7 337.6 8.27 7 700 3115 11.8 -2.1 38 13.9 4.5 275 24 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.5 4.69 8 650 3729 7.4 -6.2 37 13.6 0.9 267 25 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.4 3.71 9 600 4383 2.8 -10.7 36 13.4 -3.0 267 26 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.7 2.82 10 550 5080 -2.1 -15.4 35 13.2 -7.1 275 30 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.10 11 500 5830 -7.2 -20.6 33 13.4 -11.5 275 30 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.4 1.48 12 450 6642 -13.0 -25.8 33 12.8 -16.4 272 26 326.9 327.1 291.9 330.6 1.04 13 400 7528 -19.6 -34.7 25 15.0 -22.4 262 30 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.3 0.50 14 350 8505 -26.8 -46.6 14 19.7 -29.0 266 29 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 15 300 9595 -35.9 -53.8 14 17.9 -37.1 256 31 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 16 250 10838 -44.7 -59.5 18 14.7 -45.3 225 42 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12293 -55.4 -64.8 30 9.4 -55.6 222 50 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14094 -61.7 -74.1 18 12.4 -61.8 242 23 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16598 -62.9 -84.3 4 21.3 -63.1 294 5 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.99 m Freezing level: 571.72 mb = 4777.12 m = 15672.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.55 mb = 3874.44 m = 12711.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.98 mb = 1162.29 m = 3813.24 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 31.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1857.14 m = 6092.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 30.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2313.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.00 mb = 1628.40 m = 5342.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.00 mb = 3367.32 m = 11047.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.00 mb = 13347.61 m = 43790.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2282.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.0 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 298.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: -4.0 tot: 116.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.69 Bulk Rich Number: 32.40 Bulk Shear: 71.41 m/s