MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.39,-90.54 Latitude: 38.39 Longitude: -90.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 986 198 25.0 21.6 82 3.4 22.6 202 6 299.4 302.4 296.2 348.1 16.71 2 950 521 21.7 19.0 85 2.7 19.8 209 13 299.2 301.9 294.8 342.0 14.68 3 900 989 18.5 16.9 90 1.6 17.4 216 19 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.5 13.59 4 850 1478 16.0 13.8 87 2.2 14.6 225 22 302.9 305.1 293.7 337.7 11.76 5 800 1992 13.0 10.5 84 2.6 11.4 239 22 305.0 306.9 293.0 335.0 9.99 6 750 2533 9.8 7.5 85 2.3 8.5 258 26 307.3 308.9 292.7 333.7 8.73 7 700 3103 6.4 4.5 87 2.0 5.3 265 33 309.6 311.0 292.4 332.7 7.54 8 650 3708 2.9 1.4 90 1.5 2.1 262 38 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.6 6.52 9 600 4353 -0.6 -3.3 82 2.6 -1.9 271 42 315.4 316.4 292.1 331.4 5.02 10 550 5043 -4.9 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.4 277 43 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.1 2.99 11 500 5786 -10.0 -17.2 56 7.2 -12.5 275 47 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.5 1.98 12 450 6591 -14.4 -19.3 66 4.9 -15.9 267 47 325.2 325.5 292.1 331.5 1.84 13 400 7475 -20.2 -22.5 81 2.4 -20.8 261 49 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.3 1.57 14 350 8450 -26.9 -32.6 58 5.7 -27.9 261 47 332.5 332.6 293.1 335.1 0.70 15 300 9542 -35.4 -39.0 70 3.6 -35.8 253 51 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.44 16 250 10785 -45.2 -47.2 80 2.1 -45.3 249 62 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 17 200 12239 -55.7 -61.6 48 5.9 -55.8 253 63 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14050 -59.5 -77.3 8 17.8 -59.7 264 64 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16562 -64.5 -84.1 5 19.6 -64.7 263 40 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.60 m Freezing level: 608.68 mb = 4241.17 m = 13914.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.02 mb = 4036.95 m = 13244.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.67 mb = 624.75 m = 2049.67 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1146.18 m = 3760.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 985.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.23 mb = 957.66 m = 3141.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.23 mb = 1596.26 m = 5237.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.23 mb = 11670.66 m = 38289.11 ft B at Equ Level: 980.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.23 mb = 14556.03 m = 47755.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 10.18 Bulk Shear: 96.83 m/s