MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F360.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F360.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 42.15,-99.57 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -31 1 950 410 SFC 915 747 30.3 19.2 52 11.1 22.2 161 16 311.3 314.2 298.4 358.7 15.48 3 900 890 29.7 17.0 47 12.7 20.8 165 25 312.1 314.7 297.5 354.3 13.71 4 850 1397 25.7 14.7 51 11.0 18.1 182 28 313.1 315.5 297.0 351.6 12.47 5 800 1928 22.3 12.3 53 10.0 15.6 214 28 314.9 317.1 296.7 350.2 11.33 6 750 2486 18.3 9.5 56 8.8 12.6 240 29 316.4 318.3 296.1 347.6 9.96 7 700 3073 14.0 3.3 49 10.7 7.7 263 31 318.0 319.3 294.3 340.1 6.97 8 650 3694 10.9 -9.0 24 19.9 1.6 273 32 321.3 321.9 292.0 331.2 2.98 9 600 4356 6.6 -14.4 21 21.1 -2.1 262 32 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.9 2.08 10 550 5062 0.7 -18.4 22 19.1 -6.3 264 33 324.9 325.2 291.9 330.6 1.63 11 500 5818 -5.5 -25.3 19 19.8 -11.3 271 32 326.4 326.6 291.7 329.9 0.98 12 450 6633 -12.4 -29.3 23 17.0 -16.5 273 29 327.7 327.8 291.8 330.4 0.75 13 400 7519 -20.0 -33.6 29 13.6 -22.6 274 32 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.56 14 350 8493 -27.9 -43.0 22 15.1 -29.7 277 38 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9580 -36.7 -51.6 20 15.0 -37.7 279 41 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10818 -45.7 -59.8 19 14.1 -46.2 283 44 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12274 -53.8 -68.7 15 14.9 -54.1 281 44 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14098 -58.3 -77.2 7 18.9 -58.6 296 38 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16627 -60.5 -84.3 3 23.8 -60.8 303 21 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.87 m Freezing level: 544.24 mb = 5148.78 m = 16892.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.87 mb = 3967.30 m = 13015.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.13 mb = 2156.77 m = 7075.92 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 28.80 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.27 mb = 3626.28 m = 11897.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.72 C = 103.49 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2062.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.19 mb = 2702.29 m = 8865.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.19 mb = 4826.35 m = 15834.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.19 mb = 12727.25 m = 41755.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2056.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.19 mb = 16252.08 m = 53319.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 362.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.22 Bulk Rich Number: 11.68 Bulk Shear: 176.51 m/s