MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 43.49,-104.17 Latitude: 43.49 Longitude: -104.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 474 2 900 944 SFC 873 1210 27.0 12.3 40 14.7 17.2 112 17 312.0 314.0 295.3 344.0 10.36 4 850 1446 24.0 11.1 44 12.9 15.6 117 24 311.3 313.2 294.7 341.5 9.81 5 800 1972 19.3 10.0 55 9.2 13.3 125 24 311.7 313.5 294.7 341.6 9.71 6 750 2524 16.0 6.6 53 9.4 10.2 153 24 314.0 315.5 294.2 339.5 8.17 7 700 3107 11.9 3.8 57 8.1 7.2 181 20 315.7 317.1 293.9 338.4 7.20 8 650 3722 7.1 -1.4 55 8.5 2.5 189 10 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.9 5.30 9 600 4374 1.7 -6.4 55 8.1 -2.1 226 6 318.1 318.9 292.0 330.9 3.94 10 550 5068 -3.9 -11.4 56 7.6 -7.0 257 11 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.90 11 500 5813 -9.8 -13.4 75 3.5 -11.2 267 19 321.0 321.6 291.7 330.1 2.72 12 450 6616 -16.4 -18.0 88 1.6 -16.9 265 29 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.6 2.07 13 400 7495 -19.9 -31.6 34 11.7 -22.2 266 31 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.6 0.68 14 350 8473 -26.4 -39.6 28 13.2 -28.2 255 38 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.35 15 300 9566 -35.6 -44.1 41 8.5 -36.4 254 44 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.2 0.25 16 250 10807 -45.7 -53.7 40 8.0 -46.0 251 44 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.10 17 200 12254 -57.3 -62.0 55 4.7 -57.4 243 45 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14045 -61.5 -73.1 20 11.6 -61.6 267 39 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16580 -59.9 -84.8 3 24.9 -60.2 247 18 411.9 411.9 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.44 m Freezing level: 584.56 mb = 4588.50 m = 15053.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.74 mb = 4071.09 m = 13356.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.13 mb = 3056.99 m = 10029.38 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.73 mb = 3738.04 m = 12263.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.65 mb = 3146.60 m = 10323.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.65 mb = 4351.87 m = 14277.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.65 mb = 12200.63 m = 40027.82 ft B at Equ Level: 724.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.65 mb = 14403.44 m = 47254.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -3.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.7 neg: -35.9 tot: 147.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 124.03 m/s