MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 37.76,-96.74 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 963 423 29.6 22.9 68 6.6 24.6 193 13 306.0 309.5 299.1 361.8 18.58 2 950 542 28.0 20.7 65 7.3 22.8 196 19 305.6 308.7 297.7 354.8 16.42 3 900 1019 23.6 19.5 78 4.0 20.7 201 22 305.8 308.8 297.5 354.0 16.09 4 850 1519 22.4 15.2 63 7.3 17.4 205 27 309.7 312.1 296.4 348.8 12.85 5 800 2046 20.9 10.5 51 10.4 14.1 216 29 313.4 315.3 295.4 344.5 10.02 6 750 2602 18.0 7.3 49 10.8 11.3 231 26 316.2 317.8 295.1 343.1 8.57 7 700 3189 14.4 2.5 44 11.9 7.5 257 22 318.5 319.8 294.1 339.4 6.56 8 650 3810 10.1 -2.5 41 12.6 3.4 293 19 320.4 321.4 293.4 336.4 4.91 9 600 4469 4.6 -7.6 41 12.2 -1.2 313 21 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.3 3.60 10 550 5170 -1.5 -12.7 42 11.2 -6.1 324 24 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.1 2.62 11 500 5920 -8.0 -16.5 50 8.5 -11.0 326 29 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.5 2.11 12 450 6728 -14.6 -25.0 41 10.4 -17.3 333 27 324.9 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.12 13 400 7609 -20.3 -36.4 22 16.0 -23.1 342 22 328.6 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 14 350 8584 -27.4 -45.8 16 18.4 -29.5 356 15 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.18 15 300 9675 -35.0 -38.2 72 3.3 -35.4 359 6 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.47 16 250 10924 -43.7 -45.1 86 1.4 -43.8 273 7 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.27 17 200 12392 -53.2 -55.7 74 2.5 -53.2 278 4 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.10 18 150 14220 -57.2 -78.6 5 21.4 -57.5 334 22 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.01 19 100 16716 -67.8 -83.9 8 16.1 -67.9 279 14 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5829.38 m Freezing level: 562.16 mb = 4999.57 m = 16402.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.60 mb = 4298.05 m = 14101.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.69 % Est. max temperature: 35.92 C = 96.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.99 mb = 1265.60 m = 4152.18 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 32.95 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.97 mb = 2973.07 m = 9754.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.06 C = 105.92 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2253.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 284.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.21 mb = 1619.42 m = 5312.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.21 mb = 4263.12 m = 13986.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.21 mb = 12880.41 m = 42258.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2244.38 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.3 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 300.3 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.31 Bulk Rich Number: 25.70 Bulk Shear: 87.69 m/s