MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 41.75,-93.83 Latitude: 41.75 Longitude: -93.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 977 302 30.0 22.9 65 7.2 24.7 166 7 305.2 308.6 298.7 359.8 18.24 2 950 553 26.6 21.1 72 5.5 22.6 168 9 304.2 307.3 297.5 354.3 16.83 3 900 1028 22.1 20.0 87 2.2 20.6 170 8 304.3 307.4 297.4 353.6 16.53 4 850 1523 18.6 16.9 90 1.7 17.5 182 6 305.7 308.3 296.4 348.9 14.42 5 800 2044 17.9 8.2 53 9.7 11.9 301 3 310.2 311.9 293.4 336.6 8.57 6 750 2594 14.9 5.2 52 9.6 9.1 274 10 312.7 314.1 293.3 335.8 7.42 7 700 3174 10.5 2.1 56 8.4 5.8 263 15 314.1 315.3 292.8 334.1 6.38 8 650 3785 5.0 1.0 76 3.9 2.8 270 18 314.6 315.8 292.9 334.6 6.35 9 600 4433 0.2 -1.2 90 1.4 -0.6 274 20 316.4 317.5 293.0 334.9 5.83 10 550 5126 -4.2 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.6 282 21 319.1 320.1 293.0 334.7 4.81 11 500 5873 -7.9 -10.7 80 2.8 -9.1 280 21 323.4 324.1 293.0 334.7 3.40 12 450 6685 -13.1 -18.7 63 5.6 -14.9 300 19 326.8 327.1 292.6 333.5 1.94 13 400 7574 -17.8 -23.1 63 5.3 -19.3 299 20 331.8 332.1 293.6 337.1 1.48 14 350 8559 -24.8 -31.4 54 6.6 -26.1 286 17 335.3 335.5 293.9 338.2 0.79 15 300 9661 -33.1 -40.0 50 6.9 -34.0 289 15 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.39 16 250 10917 -42.9 -51.9 37 9.0 -43.4 268 13 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.13 17 200 12384 -53.7 -59.8 47 6.1 -53.9 295 14 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14184 -63.5 -68.3 52 4.8 -63.6 309 14 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.03 19 100 16697 -62.8 -83.4 5 20.6 -63.0 313 18 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.16 m Freezing level: 597.69 mb = 4465.39 m = 14650.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.48 mb = 4319.85 m = 14172.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.26 mb = 1210.39 m = 3971.06 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 25.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1400.76 m = 4595.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -6.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2289.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.35 mb = 1288.53 m = 4227.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.35 mb = 1540.01 m = 5052.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.35 mb = 1641.92 m = 5386.80 ft B at Equ Level: 2.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 818.35 mb = 1849.44 m = 6067.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.6 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 298.6 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.6 neg: -8.3 tot: 14.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 54.96 Bulk Shear: 41.65 m/s