MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 38.1,-96.78 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -96.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 964 434 29.5 24.4 74 5.1 25.7 162 9 305.9 309.7 300.0 367.0 20.34 2 950 564 28.6 22.4 69 6.2 24.0 165 14 306.2 309.6 298.9 361.1 18.23 3 900 1043 24.4 20.2 77 4.2 21.4 177 16 306.7 309.8 298.1 357.3 16.80 4 850 1543 21.4 17.1 77 4.3 18.4 206 11 308.6 311.3 297.3 352.9 14.62 5 800 2068 18.8 11.6 63 7.2 14.0 234 9 311.2 313.2 295.3 344.2 10.77 6 750 2619 15.7 4.7 48 11.0 9.2 227 5 313.7 315.0 293.3 336.1 7.18 7 700 3202 12.2 3.6 55 8.6 7.2 347 5 316.0 317.4 293.9 338.4 7.09 8 650 3819 7.8 4.4 79 3.4 5.8 331 19 317.8 319.4 295.1 343.5 8.13 9 600 4474 2.6 -0.5 80 3.1 0.9 339 22 319.1 320.3 294.0 338.9 6.17 10 550 5172 -1.6 -8.9 58 7.2 -4.9 353 25 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.9 3.56 11 500 5925 -6.2 -24.1 23 18.0 -11.5 354 30 325.5 325.8 291.5 329.4 1.09 12 450 6739 -11.9 -32.9 16 21.0 -16.6 345 31 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.53 13 400 7631 -17.5 -26.4 46 8.9 -19.7 342 25 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.3 1.11 14 350 8618 -23.7 -31.3 49 7.7 -25.2 342 22 336.8 337.0 294.3 339.8 0.80 15 300 9729 -31.0 -41.9 34 10.8 -32.4 332 26 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.9 0.32 16 250 10993 -41.5 -45.0 69 3.5 -41.8 349 10 344.4 344.4 295.6 345.5 0.28 17 200 12468 -53.3 -55.1 80 1.9 -53.4 336 21 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.9 0.11 18 150 14267 -63.9 -74.2 23 10.3 -64.0 359 49 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16724 -68.6 -78.7 22 10.0 -68.7 352 7 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.87 m Freezing level: 569.48 mb = 4900.18 m = 16076.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.25 mb = 4578.10 m = 15019.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.97 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.28 mb = 1089.36 m = 3573.96 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 30.96 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 2084.40 m = 6838.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.74 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2488.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.65 mb = 1536.59 m = 5041.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.65 mb = 2897.79 m = 9507.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.65 mb = 14035.74 m = 46048.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2486.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.0 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 5.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: -16.4 tot: 85.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 20.18 Bulk Shear: 123.31 m/s