MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.62,-100.83 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 534 SFC 912 885 22.6 16.1 67 6.5 18.2 143 13 303.7 306.0 294.7 341.5 12.73 3 900 1003 21.1 15.4 70 5.8 17.2 148 18 303.3 305.5 294.3 339.7 12.28 4 850 1495 16.6 14.3 87 2.3 15.1 162 21 303.5 305.8 294.2 339.7 12.17 5 800 2010 13.4 12.6 95 0.8 12.9 190 25 305.5 307.6 294.3 340.0 11.54 6 750 2553 11.6 9.3 86 2.3 10.1 221 32 309.1 311.0 294.1 339.1 9.83 7 700 3128 8.1 4.3 77 3.8 5.9 232 37 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.6 7.47 8 650 3735 3.5 -0.6 74 4.2 1.4 235 38 313.0 314.0 291.9 330.6 5.63 9 600 4380 -1.1 -8.2 58 7.2 -4.2 240 37 314.9 315.5 290.5 325.9 3.42 10 550 5070 -4.5 -20.1 28 15.6 -9.5 254 39 318.8 319.0 289.8 323.5 1.40 11 500 5813 -9.2 -27.3 22 18.1 -13.9 257 46 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.82 12 450 6619 -14.8 -33.0 20 18.2 -18.6 256 53 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.6 0.53 13 400 7499 -21.2 -38.0 20 16.8 -23.9 255 58 327.5 327.5 291.4 328.8 0.36 14 350 8470 -28.2 -43.2 22 15.0 -30.0 255 65 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.24 15 300 9556 -36.4 -48.7 27 12.2 -37.4 255 67 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.15 16 250 10794 -45.9 -55.6 33 9.7 -46.3 257 65 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.08 17 200 12245 -55.5 -64.8 30 9.3 -55.7 257 66 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14049 -60.6 -75.0 14 14.3 -60.8 251 78 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16559 -62.6 -84.4 4 21.8 -62.8 265 28 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.90 m Freezing level: 611.61 mb = 4230.32 m = 13878.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.72 mb = 3889.09 m = 12759.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.92 mb = 1708.11 m = 5603.95 ft T: 15.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 16.50 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2038.39 m = 6687.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.59 C = 76.25 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 677.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.37 mb = 1806.50 m = 5926.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.37 mb = 3433.66 m = 11265.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.37 mb = 11213.92 m = 36790.63 ft B at Equ Level: 671.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.37 mb = 13869.03 m = 45501.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 368.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 208.68 m/s