MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.27,-97.04 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -97.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 958 463 29.3 25.0 77 4.4 26.0 136 15 306.2 310.1 300.6 370.1 21.19 2 950 540 28.8 24.1 76 4.8 25.3 139 22 306.5 310.2 300.1 367.5 20.25 3 900 1021 25.6 21.9 80 3.7 22.9 158 30 307.9 311.4 299.5 364.4 18.67 4 850 1525 24.8 17.4 63 7.4 19.5 196 31 312.2 315.0 298.3 358.0 14.90 5 800 2056 21.5 14.9 66 6.6 17.0 222 32 314.1 316.7 297.8 355.8 13.46 6 750 2614 20.3 6.2 40 14.1 11.5 255 24 318.6 320.2 295.3 343.9 7.97 7 700 3206 16.4 0.1 33 16.3 7.2 276 14 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.4 5.51 8 650 3830 10.9 -1.7 41 12.6 4.1 299 11 321.3 322.3 293.9 338.1 5.19 9 600 4490 5.6 -15.5 20 21.1 -2.9 300 8 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.91 10 550 5194 -0.2 -15.1 32 14.8 -6.1 315 15 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.2 2.16 11 500 5947 -7.0 -18.5 39 11.5 -10.9 312 22 324.5 324.9 291.9 330.6 1.78 12 450 6760 -11.0 -44.4 5 33.4 -16.7 316 21 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 13 400 7655 -16.1 -54.6 2 38.5 -20.8 310 21 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.06 14 350 8646 -23.3 -55.9 3 32.7 -26.5 311 32 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 15 300 9756 -31.3 -59.3 5 28.0 -33.3 306 39 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.04 16 250 11018 -41.8 -61.9 9 20.1 -42.6 306 46 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 17 200 12493 -52.5 -62.3 29 9.9 -52.7 301 45 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14304 -63.8 -76.8 16 12.9 -63.9 300 39 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16733 -69.0 -83.2 11 14.1 -69.1 298 26 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.61 m Freezing level: 551.95 mb = 5166.32 m = 16949.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.62 mb = 4211.63 m = 13817.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.67 % Est. max temperature: 36.81 C = 98.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.18 mb = 1018.71 m = 3342.20 ft T: 25.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.52 C/km ThetaE index: 41.01 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.02 mb = 2916.53 m = 9568.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.62 C = 108.72 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -8.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.16 C Showalter Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3317.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.64 mb = 1539.34 m = 5050.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.64 mb = 3782.89 m = 12410.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 133.64 mb = 14995.41 m = 49196.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3254.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 282.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 481.7 neg: -4.7 tot: 477.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.82 Bulk Rich Number: 20.00 Bulk Shear: 165.89 m/s