MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 42.30,-96.54 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -96.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 967 386 29.4 19.9 57 9.5 22.6 133 9 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.4 15.33 2 950 542 28.5 17.6 52 11.0 20.9 139 15 306.1 308.6 295.8 346.4 13.42 3 900 1020 24.3 15.8 59 8.5 18.5 158 16 306.5 308.9 295.4 344.6 12.67 4 850 1518 19.9 14.7 72 5.2 16.4 180 17 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.6 12.49 5 800 2038 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 208 17 308.0 310.2 295.3 344.2 11.96 6 750 2586 15.1 4.1 48 11.0 8.6 242 10 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.3 6.84 7 700 3167 12.2 0.2 43 12.1 5.6 283 8 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.6 5.53 8 650 3784 7.5 -0.7 56 8.3 3.1 294 11 317.5 318.6 293.2 335.3 5.58 9 600 4437 2.5 -6.2 52 8.7 -1.6 294 16 319.1 319.8 292.3 332.1 4.01 10 550 5134 -2.8 -15.8 36 13.0 -7.7 293 22 320.7 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.03 11 500 5881 -8.0 -27.8 19 19.8 -13.2 286 24 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.78 12 450 6690 -13.6 -26.1 34 12.6 -16.8 278 24 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.8 1.01 13 400 7576 -19.3 -38.1 17 18.8 -22.5 273 14 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.3 0.36 14 350 8553 -27.0 -44.4 18 17.4 -29.0 248 15 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.21 15 300 9645 -35.4 -52.5 16 17.1 -36.6 242 19 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.10 16 250 10887 -45.5 -47.8 78 2.3 -45.7 224 26 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.20 17 200 12337 -55.6 -64.0 34 8.5 -55.8 234 19 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 14158 -57.8 -77.3 7 19.5 -58.0 293 18 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -62.9 -84.4 4 21.5 -63.1 297 17 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.67 m Freezing level: 576.33 mb = 4766.96 m = 15639.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.29 mb = 4205.21 m = 13796.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.62 mb = 1592.45 m = 5224.52 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.64 mb = 3087.76 m = 10130.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.02 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 30.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1152.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.28 mb = 2002.58 m = 6570.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.28 mb = 4192.13 m = 13753.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.28 mb = 12391.88 m = 40655.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1147.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.28 mb = 14663.57 m = 48108.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 127.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 12.68 Bulk Shear: 90.87 m/s