MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F297.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F297.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 297 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 43.43,-94.77 Latitude: 43.43 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 960 405 28.6 22.2 68 6.5 23.9 172 20 305.3 308.6 298.4 358.5 17.78 2 950 499 27.2 20.9 69 6.2 22.6 174 29 304.7 307.8 297.5 354.4 16.62 3 900 975 22.4 19.4 83 3.0 20.3 178 37 304.6 307.6 297.1 352.3 15.97 4 850 1471 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.0 197 38 306.9 309.6 296.9 351.1 14.70 5 800 1997 23.1 5.5 32 17.6 12.3 226 44 315.7 317.1 293.9 338.1 7.08 6 750 2556 19.4 1.2 30 18.2 9.0 233 47 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.4 5.56 7 700 3144 14.9 0.3 37 14.6 6.7 243 36 319.0 320.1 293.6 336.9 5.59 8 650 3765 10.0 -1.4 45 11.5 3.8 253 31 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.4 5.30 9 600 4425 4.7 -4.2 52 8.9 0.2 269 31 321.6 322.5 293.5 336.8 4.68 10 550 5127 -1.2 -7.3 63 6.1 -4.1 281 30 322.6 323.4 293.3 335.9 4.02 11 500 5878 -7.7 -11.4 75 3.7 -9.2 283 32 323.7 324.3 292.9 334.4 3.21 12 450 6689 -12.7 -24.4 37 11.7 -15.9 285 39 327.3 327.5 292.1 331.5 1.18 13 400 7579 -17.7 -22.9 64 5.2 -19.1 273 50 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.4 1.52 14 350 8566 -24.4 -33.8 41 9.4 -26.2 267 51 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.62 15 300 9666 -34.4 -43.0 41 8.6 -35.3 266 52 336.9 337.0 293.8 338.0 0.28 16 250 10912 -44.9 -50.3 55 5.4 -45.2 264 54 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.15 17 200 12365 -55.9 -61.5 50 5.5 -56.1 277 49 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.05 18 150 14155 -64.2 -73.6 26 9.4 -64.3 284 30 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16639 -63.4 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.6 295 23 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.53 m Freezing level: 560.22 mb = 4983.30 m = 16349.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.71 mb = 4455.48 m = 14617.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.13 % Est. max temperature: 37.10 C = 98.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.57 mb = 1223.88 m = 4015.31 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.08 mb = 3034.11 m = 9954.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.91 C = 107.43 F Cap Strength: 6.77 C Lifted Index: -5.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2025.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 344.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.15 mb = 1398.59 m = 4588.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.15 mb = 4259.62 m = 13974.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.15 mb = 13670.76 m = 44851.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1999.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 528.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 522.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.47 Bulk Rich Number: 11.16 Bulk Shear: 181.51 m/s