MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F009.gfs Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KIAB Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 967 405 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 18.0 110 4 294.7 297.0 292.4 332.5 13.22 2 950 561 20.2 17.5 85 2.6 18.4 110 12 297.7 300.1 293.4 336.4 13.38 3 900 1027 17.5 15.4 88 2.1 16.1 122 10 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.7 12.35 4 850 1514 15.1 13.3 89 1.9 13.9 180 2 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.5 11.34 5 800 2027 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 253 14 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.6 11.05 6 750 2570 11.9 6.0 67 6.0 8.4 254 21 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.5 7.82 7 700 3144 7.8 2.2 68 5.6 4.7 255 21 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.42 8 650 3751 3.7 -2.3 65 6.0 0.7 254 25 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.97 9 600 4397 -0.8 -8.3 57 7.5 -4.1 252 30 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.1 3.40 10 550 5085 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.6 -8.0 253 33 317.3 317.8 290.8 326.8 2.92 11 500 5826 -9.9 -15.4 64 5.5 -11.9 259 41 321.0 321.4 291.3 328.7 2.31 12 450 6631 -15.0 -19.4 69 4.5 -16.3 263 50 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.7 1.82 13 400 7512 -20.7 -24.3 73 3.6 -21.6 266 61 328.1 328.4 292.5 332.9 1.34 14 350 8486 -27.1 -29.9 77 2.9 -27.6 266 71 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.6 0.91 15 300 9578 -35.4 -35.9 95 0.5 -35.4 263 74 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.60 16 250 10823 -44.3 -45.6 87 1.3 -44.4 257 81 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.26 17 200 12286 -54.2 -54.9 93 0.6 -54.2 251 111 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.4 0.11 18 150 14087 -61.1 -74.4 16 13.2 -61.3 264 97 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16589 -66.9 -84.3 7 17.4 -67.0 259 38 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.70 m Freezing level: 609.11 mb = 4279.03 m = 14038.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.04 mb = 3838.15 m = 12592.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.06 mb = 542.10 m = 1778.53 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1576.77 m = 5173.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.53 mb = 1145.64 m = 3758.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.53 mb = 4099.43 m = 13449.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.53 mb = 8229.53 m = 26999.44 ft B at Equ Level: 161.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.53 mb = 10754.01 m = 35281.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: -8.7 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 136.97 m/s