MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 14 JUN 25 Station: 43.16,-104.53 Latitude: 43.16 Longitude: -104.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 438 2 900 908 SFC 856 1354 31.1 9.6 26 21.5 17.0 120 15 318.1 319.8 295.7 346.0 8.82 4 850 1415 30.2 8.2 25 22.0 16.0 122 17 317.8 319.4 295.1 343.2 8.04 5 800 1952 25.1 5.9 29 19.3 13.2 129 19 318.0 319.4 294.6 341.1 7.29 6 750 2513 20.0 4.2 35 15.8 10.4 147 16 318.3 319.6 294.4 340.2 6.89 7 700 3101 14.7 2.1 42 12.6 7.4 176 14 318.8 320.0 294.1 339.1 6.36 8 650 3722 9.1 0.0 53 9.1 4.1 211 17 319.3 320.5 293.9 338.3 5.91 9 600 4379 3.3 -2.5 66 5.8 0.3 233 24 319.9 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31 10 550 5077 -2.7 -6.6 75 3.9 -4.5 243 35 320.9 321.7 293.0 334.8 4.26 11 500 5825 -8.4 -12.2 74 3.8 -9.9 244 43 322.8 323.3 292.4 332.7 2.99 12 450 6635 -13.9 -24.4 40 10.6 -16.7 242 47 325.8 326.1 291.7 330.0 1.17 13 400 7520 -18.6 -37.7 17 19.0 -22.0 254 38 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.2 0.37 14 350 8502 -25.5 -41.9 20 16.4 -27.7 266 31 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.4 0.28 15 300 9599 -34.8 -50.3 19 15.5 -36.0 270 28 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.13 16 250 10842 -45.4 -57.1 26 11.7 -45.9 285 28 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12289 -57.4 -64.4 40 7.0 -57.5 278 28 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 14081 -61.1 -73.7 17 12.6 -61.2 255 28 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16606 -63.1 -84.4 4 21.3 -63.3 231 13 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.26 m Freezing level: 572.51 mb = 4762.70 m = 15625.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.32 mb = 4414.71 m = 14483.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 625.99 mb = 4030.94 m = 13224.71 ft T: 6.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.02 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 587.11 mb = 4553.12 m = 14937.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.57 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 38.65 C Cross Totals Index: 16.61 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 604.53 mb = 4317.13 m = 14163.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.53 mb = 4939.30 m = 16204.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.53 mb = 11987.52 m = 39328.66 ft B at Equ Level: 430.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.53 mb = 13697.61 m = 44939.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 182.51 m/s