MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 41.54,-98.70 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 495 SFC 934 642 24.1 16.6 63 7.5 19.0 180 5 303.1 305.5 294.6 341.1 12.84 3 900 967 22.3 11.0 49 11.3 15.1 223 8 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.1 9.20 4 850 1461 18.1 9.0 55 9.1 12.5 263 12 305.1 306.7 291.9 330.8 8.53 5 800 1976 13.6 7.4 66 6.2 9.9 279 17 305.7 307.2 291.7 330.1 8.09 6 750 2516 8.9 5.2 77 3.8 6.8 286 23 306.2 307.6 291.3 328.6 7.39 7 700 3083 4.2 0.6 77 3.6 2.3 295 28 307.2 308.2 290.2 324.7 5.72 8 650 3684 1.9 -11.4 37 13.3 -3.4 317 32 311.1 311.6 288.4 319.1 2.47 9 600 4324 -2.4 -13.1 43 10.7 -6.5 315 31 313.4 313.8 289.0 320.9 2.32 10 550 5009 -6.6 -22.1 28 15.6 -11.2 307 31 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.3 1.18 11 500 5746 -12.2 -25.0 33 12.9 -15.5 299 31 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.7 1.00 12 450 6542 -18.0 -25.4 52 7.5 -19.7 307 33 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.4 1.07 13 400 7412 -24.0 -35.9 33 11.9 -25.8 325 39 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.45 14 350 8372 -31.3 -42.6 32 11.3 -32.5 323 40 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.25 15 300 9442 -40.3 -43.1 74 2.8 -40.5 312 31 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.28 16 250 10655 -51.3 -51.3 99 0.1 -51.2 306 36 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.14 17 200 12086 -55.4 -65.2 28 9.8 -55.5 296 45 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13914 -55.9 -80.3 3 24.4 -56.3 284 45 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16472 -58.1 -85.4 2 27.4 -58.5 277 34 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.28 m Freezing level: 627.80 mb = 3968.20 m = 13018.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.93 mb = 3318.88 m = 10888.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.30 mb = 1588.89 m = 5212.84 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 22.09 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2537.54 m = 8325.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.41 mb = 2335.08 m = 7660.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.41 mb = 2835.47 m = 9302.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.41 mb = 11150.73 m = 36583.30 ft B at Equ Level: 565.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.41 mb = 12705.70 m = 41684.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 6.72 Bulk Shear: 87.03 m/s