MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F369.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F369.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 369 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 21 JUN 25 Station: 42.01,-93.11 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 969 303 27.7 22.9 75 4.8 24.2 308 2 303.6 307.0 298.4 358.3 18.42 2 950 481 30.5 21.6 59 8.9 23.9 325 7 308.1 311.4 298.8 360.6 17.32 3 900 964 27.6 18.6 58 9.0 21.1 308 7 309.9 312.8 297.9 356.0 15.12 4 850 1468 23.7 17.0 66 6.7 18.9 262 10 310.9 313.7 297.7 355.2 14.46 5 800 1996 19.8 14.9 74 4.8 16.4 258 19 312.2 314.8 297.4 353.7 13.48 6 750 2550 15.8 13.4 85 2.4 14.2 261 25 313.8 316.2 297.5 354.0 12.99 7 700 3134 12.7 7.1 69 5.6 9.2 281 21 316.6 318.3 295.6 345.1 9.08 8 650 3753 8.2 4.0 75 4.2 5.7 279 18 318.2 319.7 295.1 343.1 7.85 9 600 4409 4.0 1.3 83 2.6 2.5 279 29 320.7 322.1 295.1 343.3 7.04 10 550 5114 1.8 -10.0 41 11.8 -3.6 284 28 326.3 326.9 293.6 337.2 3.25 11 500 5877 -2.4 -11.3 51 8.9 -6.4 261 27 330.1 330.7 294.6 341.1 3.22 12 450 6705 -8.3 -18.4 44 10.2 -11.9 261 30 332.8 333.2 294.3 339.8 1.98 13 400 7609 -14.1 -43.0 7 29.0 -19.1 263 36 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.21 14 350 8609 -21.0 -47.9 7 26.9 -24.5 254 44 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.14 15 300 9725 -30.4 -46.1 20 15.8 -32.1 250 45 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.20 16 250 10994 -39.6 -57.1 14 17.5 -40.6 242 48 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.07 17 200 12481 -51.5 -63.4 23 12.0 -51.8 234 52 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.5 0.04 18 150 14294 -62.0 -76.1 14 14.1 -62.1 244 29 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16750 -68.5 -83.4 10 14.9 -68.6 249 14 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.94 m Freezing level: 528.48 mb = 5442.77 m = 17856.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.59 mb = 4689.75 m = 15386.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.64 % Est. max temperature: 35.81 C = 96.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.81 mb = 926.34 m = 3039.15 ft T: 27.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2390.46 m = 7842.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.30 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1447.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.66 mb = 1848.54 m = 6064.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.66 mb = 3270.47 m = 10729.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.66 mb = 13554.82 m = 44470.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1436.43 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 303.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 38.70 Bulk Shear: 37.41 m/s