MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 42.08,-93.98 Latitude: 42.08 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 978 318 16.5 15.2 92 1.4 15.7 354 7 291.5 293.5 289.7 323.0 11.13 2 950 568 15.1 13.6 91 1.5 14.2 355 12 292.5 294.4 289.4 322.1 10.37 3 900 1028 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 327 6 296.7 298.8 291.7 330.1 11.52 4 850 1512 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 279 7 300.5 302.6 292.8 334.1 11.44 5 800 2022 11.8 9.8 88 2.0 10.6 251 11 303.7 305.5 292.3 332.3 9.58 6 750 2560 8.0 7.6 98 0.4 7.8 244 13 305.2 306.9 292.2 331.6 8.77 7 700 3129 6.7 2.2 73 4.5 4.2 265 12 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.7 6.41 8 650 3735 3.9 -3.9 57 7.8 0.1 276 13 313.4 314.2 291.0 327.4 4.41 9 600 4381 -0.1 -7.2 59 7.0 -3.3 281 15 316.0 316.7 291.1 327.9 3.72 10 550 5072 -4.1 -13.6 48 9.4 -7.8 289 16 319.2 319.6 290.9 327.3 2.43 11 500 5817 -9.0 -17.3 51 8.3 -11.8 287 19 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.97 12 450 6624 -14.3 -27.6 31 13.4 -17.5 279 19 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.4 0.88 13 400 7505 -21.3 -32.9 35 11.6 -23.5 289 20 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.4 0.60 14 350 8475 -28.6 -42.4 25 13.9 -30.2 285 23 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.26 15 300 9564 -35.3 -52.4 16 17.1 -36.5 265 37 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10809 -44.2 -52.4 40 8.2 -44.6 287 64 340.3 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.12 17 200 12269 -54.9 -60.2 52 5.3 -55.0 280 77 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.06 18 150 14061 -61.7 -75.2 15 13.5 -61.8 287 42 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16571 -62.7 -84.2 4 21.5 -62.9 316 23 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.22 m Freezing level: 601.78 mb = 4357.65 m = 14296.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.85 mb = 3749.07 m = 12299.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.73 mb = 490.60 m = 1609.57 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 1964.91 m = 6446.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Cap Strength: 4.28 C Lifted Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7124.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.22 mb = 894.44 m = 2934.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -9.3 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 24.65 m/s