MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 40.8,-93.75 Latitude: 40.80 Longitude: -93.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 974 322 19.6 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 248 6 295.0 297.4 292.9 334.4 13.76 2 950 542 20.6 16.8 79 3.8 18.1 250 12 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.2 12.77 3 900 1013 22.1 16.1 69 6.0 18.0 360 2 304.3 306.7 295.0 342.8 12.91 4 850 1508 19.7 13.7 68 6.0 15.7 75 5 306.8 309.0 294.8 342.1 11.70 5 800 2029 17.0 10.3 65 6.7 12.7 71 8 309.3 311.1 294.1 339.4 9.88 6 750 2577 13.7 7.2 65 6.5 9.7 59 10 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.8 8.53 7 700 3156 10.2 4.3 67 5.9 6.7 59 11 313.8 315.2 293.6 337.0 7.44 8 650 3768 5.7 2.2 78 3.6 3.7 45 14 315.4 316.8 293.6 337.1 6.89 9 600 4419 1.7 -2.5 74 4.2 -0.4 29 14 318.1 319.2 293.1 335.2 5.33 10 550 5116 -2.1 -8.2 63 6.0 -4.8 14 13 321.6 322.3 292.8 333.9 3.76 11 500 5867 -6.6 -12.9 61 6.3 -9.1 359 15 325.0 325.5 292.9 334.6 2.84 12 450 6683 -11.6 -17.1 64 5.4 -13.6 3 18 328.6 329.1 293.4 336.3 2.23 13 400 7574 -18.0 -19.3 89 1.3 -18.4 8 18 331.6 332.1 294.0 338.9 2.08 14 350 8560 -24.5 -24.7 98 0.3 -24.5 21 13 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.1 1.47 15 300 9665 -32.2 -32.3 98 0.2 -32.2 134 3 340.0 340.2 295.1 343.2 0.84 16 250 10926 -41.9 -42.1 97 0.2 -41.9 183 8 343.8 343.9 295.6 345.3 0.38 17 200 12395 -54.5 -54.5 99 0.1 -54.5 197 30 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.12 18 150 14189 -61.5 -64.4 68 2.9 -61.5 214 26 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.4 0.04 19 100 16703 -64.4 -81.2 8 16.8 -64.6 344 15 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.40 m Freezing level: 577.49 mb = 4732.69 m = 15527.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.40 mb = 4346.11 m = 14258.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.10 % Est. max temperature: 32.63 C = 90.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.68 mb = 481.54 m = 1579.84 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 5.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2682.62 m = 8801.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.44 C = 97.60 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 34.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4429.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.21 mb = 1384.73 m = 4543.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 29.3 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 59.3 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 162.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -11.0 tot: 25.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 43.87 m/s