MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 42.08,-93.51 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 978 310 30.0 22.8 65 7.2 24.7 233 2 305.1 308.5 298.6 359.5 18.15 2 950 567 28.8 19.4 57 9.4 22.1 233 4 306.4 309.2 297.0 351.8 15.12 3 900 1046 24.2 18.6 71 5.6 20.2 229 4 306.4 309.3 297.0 351.9 15.13 4 850 1544 19.5 17.8 90 1.7 18.3 226 6 306.6 309.4 297.1 352.5 15.25 5 800 2065 18.0 11.9 67 6.1 14.0 236 14 310.3 312.4 295.3 343.9 10.99 6 750 2616 14.8 7.1 60 7.7 10.0 251 18 312.6 314.2 294.0 338.8 8.44 7 700 3196 10.4 3.6 62 6.9 6.5 259 22 314.1 315.4 293.4 336.2 7.09 8 650 3808 5.8 0.5 69 5.3 2.9 260 28 315.5 316.7 293.0 334.8 6.12 9 600 4458 0.6 -2.4 80 3.0 -0.9 256 34 316.8 317.8 292.7 333.9 5.34 10 550 5150 -4.5 -5.6 92 1.1 -5.0 259 35 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.5 4.58 11 500 5895 -8.8 -10.6 87 1.8 -9.6 260 30 322.3 322.9 292.7 333.5 3.40 12 450 6705 -13.5 -14.9 89 1.4 -14.0 260 27 326.2 326.8 293.2 335.3 2.67 13 400 7592 -19.2 -19.5 97 0.3 -19.3 262 24 330.1 330.5 293.6 337.2 2.04 14 350 8573 -25.4 -28.4 76 3.0 -26.1 256 19 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.4 1.05 15 300 9671 -34.3 -34.9 94 0.6 -34.4 249 22 337.1 337.2 294.2 339.6 0.66 16 250 10919 -44.5 -44.9 96 0.3 -44.6 243 32 339.9 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.28 17 200 12374 -56.0 -56.6 93 0.6 -56.1 226 37 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.09 18 150 14167 -61.0 -69.9 30 8.9 -61.2 263 19 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.02 19 100 16675 -63.1 -84.5 4 21.4 -63.3 332 12 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.86 m Freezing level: 594.14 mb = 4539.02 m = 14891.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.05 mb = 4296.45 m = 14095.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.97 mb = 1232.06 m = 4042.13 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 18.95 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.88 mb = 2282.61 m = 7488.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.11 C = 97.00 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.36 C Cross Totals Index: 26.62 C K Index: 39.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2381.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.43 mb = 1682.33 m = 5519.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.43 mb = 2942.24 m = 9652.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.43 mb = 13334.40 m = 43747.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2357.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 72.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 54.00 Bulk Shear: 44.11 m/s