MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 21 JUN 25 Station: 40.55,-92.68 Latitude: 40.55 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 975 283 28.0 23.3 76 4.7 24.5 284 7 303.3 306.7 298.5 358.9 18.72 2 950 515 26.0 20.2 70 5.8 21.8 276 11 303.6 306.5 296.8 350.6 15.84 3 900 990 23.1 18.4 75 4.7 19.8 267 11 305.3 308.1 296.6 349.9 14.92 4 850 1488 20.7 15.1 70 5.6 16.9 260 13 307.8 310.2 295.8 346.5 12.81 5 800 2011 18.3 12.2 67 6.2 14.3 260 14 310.7 312.8 295.5 345.0 11.21 6 750 2562 15.2 10.8 75 4.4 12.3 249 18 313.0 315.1 295.9 346.8 10.91 7 700 3143 10.6 8.3 86 2.3 9.2 236 22 314.2 316.1 295.5 345.0 9.89 8 650 3757 6.3 3.1 80 3.2 4.4 235 24 316.0 317.5 294.1 339.3 7.37 9 600 4409 1.9 0.1 87 1.9 0.9 232 23 318.4 319.6 294.0 338.8 6.42 10 550 5107 -2.1 -9.7 56 7.7 -5.4 232 28 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.6 3.32 11 500 5859 -6.3 -21.3 29 15.0 -11.1 239 38 325.3 325.6 291.7 330.2 1.40 12 450 6676 -10.7 -25.2 29 14.5 -14.8 242 45 329.8 330.0 292.7 333.7 1.10 13 400 7572 -15.9 -27.4 37 11.5 -18.8 242 53 334.3 334.5 293.8 338.0 1.01 14 350 8565 -22.6 -33.7 36 11.1 -24.8 233 56 338.2 338.4 294.5 340.7 0.63 15 300 9679 -30.1 -39.3 40 9.2 -31.4 236 45 342.9 343.0 295.4 344.6 0.42 16 250 10950 -39.7 -40.6 92 0.8 -39.8 242 37 347.0 347.1 296.4 348.7 0.44 17 200 12438 -51.1 -55.3 61 4.1 -51.3 241 34 351.8 351.8 297.1 352.2 0.11 18 150 14248 -64.4 -67.2 67 2.9 -64.4 251 32 359.2 359.2 298.6 359.3 0.03 19 100 16697 -67.1 -83.3 8 16.1 -67.2 232 27 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.34 m Freezing level: 575.80 mb = 4747.30 m = 15574.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.90 mb = 4504.93 m = 14779.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 33.86 C = 92.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.22 mb = 881.05 m = 2890.55 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 16.55 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.85 mb = 2305.54 m = 7564.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.59 C = 97.87 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 39.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.68 mb = 1409.31 m = 4623.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.68 mb = 3111.14 m = 10207.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.68 mb = 12028.09 m = 39461.76 ft B at Equ Level: 868.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.68 mb = 15462.35 m = 50728.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 30.15 Bulk Shear: 28.89 m/s