MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 43.85,-93.81 Latitude: 43.85 Longitude: -93.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 978 332 23.5 7.5 36 16.1 14.1 98 1 298.6 299.8 288.1 318.1 6.63 2 950 583 20.3 4.0 34 16.3 11.3 108 1 297.8 298.8 286.6 313.7 5.36 3 900 1045 15.8 3.0 42 12.7 8.9 238 0 297.8 298.7 286.5 313.4 5.29 4 850 1526 11.1 2.2 54 8.9 6.5 261 2 297.8 298.7 286.5 313.4 5.28 5 800 2028 6.3 1.3 70 5.0 3.8 267 3 297.8 298.8 286.5 313.4 5.25 6 750 2552 1.3 0.2 92 1.1 0.7 274 4 298.0 298.9 286.5 313.3 5.16 7 700 3103 -3.2 -4.3 92 1.1 -3.7 285 11 298.9 299.7 285.7 310.9 3.98 8 650 3688 -4.4 -14.3 46 9.9 -7.8 273 21 303.9 304.3 285.4 310.1 1.94 9 600 4315 -7.3 -14.0 59 6.6 -9.6 260 28 307.6 308.0 286.9 314.5 2.17 10 550 4988 -11.2 -18.8 53 7.6 -13.5 257 32 310.8 311.1 287.4 316.0 1.58 11 500 5713 -15.6 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.7 263 47 314.1 314.3 287.9 317.6 1.05 12 450 6501 -19.8 -28.3 47 8.5 -21.5 248 59 318.3 318.5 289.1 321.2 0.83 13 400 7365 -26.1 -30.5 66 4.5 -26.9 241 66 321.1 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.75 14 350 8317 -32.7 -33.3 95 0.5 -32.8 232 75 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.0 0.66 15 300 9382 -41.1 -45.6 62 4.5 -41.5 240 81 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 16 250 10599 -49.2 -56.5 42 7.3 -49.4 237 87 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 17 200 12033 -56.9 -67.8 24 11.0 -57.1 241 79 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 13867 -54.9 -78.6 4 23.7 -55.3 244 58 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.5 0.01 19 100 16454 -58.2 -85.6 2 27.4 -58.5 231 46 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.54 m Freezing level: 735.76 mb = 2709.27 m = 8888.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.78 mb = 2640.44 m = 8662.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.93 % Est. max temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.95 mb = 2328.36 m = 7638.88 ft T: 3.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.73 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.09 mb = 2594.07 m = 8510.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.41 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: 4.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 17.78 C K Index: 27.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.76 mb = 2576.24 m = 8452.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.76 mb = 2629.83 m = 8627.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.76 mb = 3416.32 m = 11208.27 ft B at Equ Level: 17.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 632.76 mb = 3898.33 m = 12789.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 54.19 m/s