MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.70,-97.42 Latitude: 37.70 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 968 415 22.9 16.6 67 6.3 18.7 129 6 298.8 301.1 293.0 334.8 12.35 2 950 577 20.5 15.4 73 5.1 17.1 130 7 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.8 11.64 3 900 1041 16.0 14.4 90 1.7 15.0 135 6 298.0 300.1 292.1 331.4 11.50 4 850 1525 12.6 12.4 99 0.1 12.5 152 5 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.7 10.73 5 800 2034 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.3 221 9 304.7 306.0 290.5 325.6 6.91 6 750 2575 10.3 4.5 67 5.8 7.0 227 18 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.4 7.06 7 700 3146 7.1 2.8 74 4.3 4.7 230 26 310.4 311.6 292.0 331.1 6.72 8 650 3753 3.3 -0.7 75 3.9 1.2 241 31 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.2 5.61 9 600 4397 -1.2 -6.7 66 5.6 -3.7 243 34 314.7 315.5 290.9 327.1 3.84 10 550 5084 -6.1 -13.5 56 7.4 -8.9 258 36 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.9 2.45 11 500 5824 -10.1 -19.0 48 8.9 -13.0 260 39 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.70 12 450 6629 -15.1 -24.6 44 9.5 -17.6 263 45 324.2 324.5 291.2 328.3 1.15 13 400 7509 -20.9 -33.0 33 12.1 -23.2 265 52 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.0 0.59 14 350 8480 -28.4 -42.6 24 14.3 -30.0 266 59 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.25 15 300 9566 -36.5 -56.5 11 20.0 -37.7 262 59 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10805 -45.7 -62.7 13 17.0 -46.2 262 59 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12258 -54.9 -68.7 16 13.8 -55.1 254 59 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14073 -60.0 -75.8 11 15.7 -60.2 256 72 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16562 -66.6 -83.7 7 17.0 -66.8 250 46 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.90 m Freezing level: 613.38 mb = 4224.36 m = 13859.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.89 mb = 3903.84 m = 12807.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.03 mb = 1212.02 m = 3976.40 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1344.18 m = 4410.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.25 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: 0.28 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.18 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.55 mb = 1264.70 m = 4149.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.55 mb = 1509.56 m = 4952.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 841.55 mb = 1608.93 m = 5278.57 ft B at Equ Level: 3.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 821.55 mb = 1811.03 m = 5941.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 117.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 100.30 m/s