MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F294.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F294.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 294 hour GFS valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 41.3,-93.6 Latitude: 41.30 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 980 290 30.8 25.5 74 5.2 26.8 185 9 305.7 309.7 300.6 370.3 21.47 2 950 570 29.8 22.2 64 7.5 24.2 192 18 307.4 310.8 299.1 361.8 18.03 3 900 1050 25.6 20.2 72 5.4 21.6 204 20 307.8 311.0 298.4 358.4 16.73 4 850 1552 22.2 16.8 72 5.4 18.4 225 17 309.4 312.1 297.3 352.9 14.30 5 800 2080 22.8 3.3 28 19.5 11.3 249 10 315.5 316.6 293.0 334.6 6.06 6 750 2637 19.0 1.7 31 17.3 9.0 264 7 317.2 318.4 293.2 335.6 5.77 7 700 3225 15.1 -2.3 30 17.4 5.8 200 3 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.62 8 650 3847 10.7 -13.2 17 23.9 0.4 213 3 321.1 321.5 291.2 328.2 2.13 9 600 4506 5.0 -12.9 26 17.9 -2.6 291 2 321.9 322.4 291.7 329.8 2.35 10 550 5208 -0.9 -18.1 26 17.2 -7.1 329 5 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.7 1.67 11 500 5962 -5.3 -32.6 10 27.3 -12.0 307 4 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.49 12 450 6780 -10.3 -33.4 13 23.2 -15.6 278 16 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.2 0.51 13 400 7676 -16.2 -30.1 29 13.9 -19.5 300 28 333.9 334.1 293.5 336.8 0.78 14 350 8665 -24.2 -28.7 66 4.5 -25.2 302 33 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 1.03 15 300 9772 -31.8 -38.9 49 7.1 -32.7 310 37 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.3 0.44 16 250 11033 -42.1 -48.2 52 6.0 -42.5 311 46 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.19 17 200 12501 -54.1 -59.6 51 5.5 -54.2 307 58 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.4 0.06 18 150 14301 -64.7 -75.7 21 11.0 -64.8 304 48 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16735 -69.3 -83.0 12 13.6 -69.4 318 38 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.17 m Freezing level: 557.73 mb = 5099.39 m = 16730.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.81 mb = 3938.62 m = 12921.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.25 % Est. max temperature: 36.80 C = 98.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.14 mb = 960.61 m = 3151.56 ft T: 26.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 35.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.55 mb = 2803.21 m = 9196.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.85 C = 109.12 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2924.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.85 mb = 1553.30 m = 5096.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.85 mb = 3912.50 m = 12836.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.85 mb = 14510.90 m = 47607.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2919.91 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 67.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 198.08 Bulk Shear: 14.77 m/s