MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.27,-92.14 Latitude: 38.27 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 978 252 25.5 22.5 84 3.0 23.3 232 8 300.6 303.8 297.3 352.9 17.82 2 950 501 23.0 19.2 79 3.8 20.4 232 15 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.94 3 900 970 19.0 17.8 93 1.2 18.2 232 18 301.1 303.8 295.1 343.5 14.42 4 850 1461 16.5 15.3 92 1.2 15.7 233 20 303.4 305.8 294.8 341.8 12.94 5 800 1976 14.2 12.3 89 1.8 13.0 245 23 306.3 308.4 294.4 340.4 11.34 6 750 2520 11.5 9.1 85 2.4 10.0 256 29 309.0 310.9 294.0 338.6 9.70 7 700 3094 8.1 5.3 82 2.9 6.4 261 36 311.5 313.0 293.3 336.1 7.98 8 650 3703 4.2 1.4 82 2.7 2.7 264 47 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.2 6.55 9 600 4350 -0.2 -3.6 78 3.4 -1.9 263 58 315.9 316.8 292.1 331.5 4.89 10 550 5040 -5.2 -9.3 73 4.1 -7.0 262 63 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.44 11 500 5781 -10.8 -16.1 65 5.4 -12.6 265 64 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.2 2.17 12 450 6584 -15.2 -24.2 46 9.0 -17.6 265 59 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.20 13 400 7464 -21.1 -27.7 55 6.6 -22.6 275 59 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.1 0.98 14 350 8434 -28.6 -34.0 60 5.3 -29.5 276 62 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.4 0.62 15 300 9518 -37.4 -41.9 63 4.5 -37.8 272 57 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.32 16 250 10753 -45.3 -52.4 45 7.1 -45.6 261 57 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.12 17 200 12214 -54.2 -60.1 48 5.9 -54.4 259 61 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14030 -58.9 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.2 267 69 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16550 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.5 250 37 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.37 m Freezing level: 602.37 mb = 4319.09 m = 14170.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.56 mb = 4077.51 m = 13377.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.32 mb = 626.84 m = 2056.53 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 25.77 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1143.40 m = 3751.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1553.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.85 mb = 1019.58 m = 3345.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.85 mb = 1462.45 m = 4798.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.85 mb = 11899.12 m = 39038.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1546.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.85 mb = 14926.63 m = 48971.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 40.9 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 114.14 m/s