MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 20 JUN 25 Station: 39.24,-97.92 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 955 440 27.9 21.4 68 6.5 23.2 108 13 305.0 308.1 297.8 355.8 17.02 2 950 490 27.8 20.8 66 7.0 22.8 112 17 305.4 308.5 297.7 354.8 16.51 3 900 968 24.6 18.7 70 5.9 20.4 133 27 306.8 309.7 297.2 352.6 15.22 4 850 1469 22.5 15.2 63 7.4 17.5 165 28 309.8 312.2 296.4 348.9 12.86 5 800 1994 18.5 13.5 73 5.0 15.1 185 27 310.8 313.2 296.3 348.2 12.21 6 750 2545 14.3 11.6 84 2.7 12.6 209 26 312.1 314.3 296.1 347.7 11.55 7 700 3125 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 245 24 314.7 316.9 296.7 350.5 11.51 8 650 3743 9.5 0.5 53 9.0 4.5 275 28 319.7 320.9 294.1 339.3 6.12 9 600 4404 6.4 -12.6 24 19.0 -1.8 277 24 323.5 323.9 292.2 331.6 2.42 10 550 5109 0.4 -14.5 32 14.9 -5.5 273 30 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.3 2.26 11 500 5865 -6.1 -17.3 41 11.2 -10.1 273 34 325.6 326.0 292.4 332.4 1.97 12 450 6678 -13.1 -25.4 35 12.3 -16.4 278 39 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.6 1.07 13 400 7564 -19.4 -40.6 13 21.2 -22.7 279 47 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.9 0.28 14 350 8542 -26.3 -45.8 14 19.5 -28.5 272 52 333.3 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.18 15 300 9638 -34.3 -44.5 35 10.2 -35.3 270 56 337.0 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.24 16 250 10889 -43.3 -49.1 52 5.9 -43.6 271 67 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12359 -52.7 -57.7 55 4.9 -52.9 266 78 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.6 0.08 18 150 14173 -61.5 -73.8 18 12.3 -61.6 267 76 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16657 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 259 44 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.42 m Freezing level: 546.87 mb = 5156.69 m = 16918.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.33 mb = 4209.36 m = 13810.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.35 % Est. max temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.78 mb = 1267.06 m = 4156.97 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.58 mb = 2302.43 m = 7553.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.38 C = 93.89 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 43.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1707.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.66 mb = 1751.86 m = 5747.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.66 mb = 2915.66 m = 9565.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.66 mb = 3273.70 m = 10740.36 ft B at Equ Level: 17.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.66 mb = 4032.07 m = 13228.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 469.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 469.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.38 Bulk Rich Number: 7.12 Bulk Shear: 239.95 m/s