MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 35.12,-104.15 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -104.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 522 2 900 989 SFC 855 1436 25.7 12.0 43 13.7 16.6 99 6 312.5 314.5 295.4 344.5 10.36 4 850 1487 23.7 11.5 46 12.2 15.7 100 7 311.0 312.9 294.8 342.0 10.10 5 800 2012 18.1 10.4 61 7.7 13.1 104 7 310.5 312.4 294.6 341.0 9.97 6 750 2560 13.1 9.1 77 3.9 10.6 107 6 310.8 312.6 294.5 340.7 9.76 7 700 3140 12.3 -0.4 41 12.7 5.4 264 1 316.1 317.2 292.5 333.0 5.31 8 650 3757 8.4 -6.4 34 14.8 1.3 293 11 318.5 319.2 291.8 330.4 3.65 9 600 4411 2.8 -10.3 37 13.1 -2.9 287 13 319.4 319.9 291.4 329.0 2.91 10 550 5107 -3.5 -11.8 52 8.3 -6.9 274 15 320.0 320.5 291.5 329.3 2.81 11 500 5851 -9.7 -22.3 35 12.5 -13.4 288 25 321.2 321.4 290.5 325.6 1.28 12 450 6656 -14.7 -37.3 13 22.6 -18.8 282 19 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.0 0.34 13 400 7535 -21.8 -40.1 17 18.4 -24.5 273 24 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.29 14 350 8502 -30.0 -44.2 24 14.2 -31.4 281 30 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.22 15 300 9579 -38.4 -53.9 18 15.5 -39.3 281 37 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 16 250 10808 -47.1 -60.4 20 13.3 -47.6 278 44 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.2 0.04 17 200 12253 -56.1 -66.5 26 10.3 -56.3 282 45 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 14057 -60.6 -75.4 13 14.8 -60.7 271 48 365.7 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16554 -64.6 -83.7 6 19.2 -64.7 289 40 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.46 m Freezing level: 577.75 mb = 4720.75 m = 15487.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.97 mb = 3947.79 m = 12951.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.61 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.57 mb = 3144.65 m = 10316.97 ft T: 12.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.50 mb = 3915.32 m = 12845.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.29 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1017.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.79 mb = 3011.01 m = 9878.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 575.79 mb = 4740.41 m = 15552.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.79 mb = 11760.54 m = 38583.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1013.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.79 mb = 14669.37 m = 48127.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.5 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 312.5 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 18.62 Bulk Shear: 54.64 m/s