MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 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 120 SFC 967 405 18.4 18.1 98 0.3 18.2 186 6 294.4 296.8 292.6 333.4 13.66 2 950 560 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.4 195 10 295.2 297.6 292.5 333.0 13.16 3 900 1023 16.9 14.9 88 2.0 15.6 225 12 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.7 11.93 4 850 1510 15.2 12.8 85 2.4 13.7 247 13 302.1 304.1 292.9 334.6 10.99 5 800 2023 13.0 10.2 83 2.8 11.2 266 13 305.0 306.8 292.9 334.4 9.80 6 750 2564 10.3 7.0 80 3.4 8.3 274 18 307.8 309.4 292.6 333.3 8.40 7 700 3136 6.9 4.3 83 2.6 5.4 278 23 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.2 7.47 8 650 3742 3.0 1.5 90 1.5 2.2 279 27 312.3 313.6 292.5 332.9 6.59 9 600 4386 -1.2 -2.8 89 1.5 -2.0 280 31 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.2 5.20 10 550 5075 -5.7 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 277 35 317.4 318.1 291.7 330.0 3.91 11 500 5818 -9.2 -11.4 84 2.2 -10.1 267 38 321.9 322.5 292.4 332.5 3.20 12 450 6626 -13.8 -15.4 88 1.6 -14.4 253 45 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.6 2.57 13 400 7511 -19.9 -23.0 76 3.2 -20.7 256 51 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.5 1.50 14 350 8488 -27.0 -29.4 80 2.4 -27.5 257 54 332.3 332.5 293.3 335.8 0.95 15 300 9580 -35.2 -37.3 81 2.1 -35.5 248 56 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.52 16 250 10824 -45.0 -45.6 94 0.6 -45.1 243 58 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.26 17 200 12279 -55.1 -64.1 32 9.1 -55.2 259 82 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14073 -63.9 -75.2 20 11.4 -64.0 261 90 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16568 -64.9 -84.3 5 19.4 -65.0 216 26 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.65 m Freezing level: 614.69 mb = 4197.05 m = 13769.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.07 mb = 4069.78 m = 13352.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.20 mb = 441.89 m = 1449.76 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1754.97 m = 5757.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.55 mb = 1046.36 m = 3432.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.55 mb = 4219.77 m = 13844.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.55 mb = 5624.67 m = 18453.42 ft B at Equ Level: 41.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 422.55 mb = 7099.19 m = 23291.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.0 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 299.0 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 67.37 m/s