MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.17,-102.93 Latitude: 38.17 Longitude: -102.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 526 2 900 991 SFC 874 1244 21.9 13.3 58 8.6 16.2 99 17 306.7 308.7 294.3 340.0 11.06 4 850 1484 17.9 12.0 69 5.8 14.1 106 19 304.9 306.8 293.4 336.2 10.46 5 800 1999 13.3 11.0 86 2.4 11.8 124 15 305.3 307.3 293.4 336.3 10.33 6 750 2541 10.4 8.4 87 2.0 9.2 179 13 307.9 309.6 293.3 336.0 9.27 7 700 3116 9.9 -0.1 50 10.0 4.5 236 23 313.4 314.5 291.9 330.6 5.44 8 650 3727 5.5 -4.3 49 9.8 0.7 248 32 315.2 316.0 291.4 328.9 4.29 9 600 4375 0.2 -7.3 57 7.5 -3.2 249 40 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.70 10 550 5066 -5.2 -11.2 63 5.9 -7.7 252 48 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.6 2.96 11 500 5807 -10.2 -22.2 37 11.9 -13.7 260 54 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.0 1.29 12 450 6610 -16.0 -33.3 21 17.3 -19.4 263 54 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.0 0.51 13 400 7485 -22.7 -42.9 14 20.2 -25.3 262 54 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.3 0.22 14 350 8450 -29.5 -48.9 13 19.4 -31.2 261 55 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.13 15 300 9533 -36.7 -57.9 9 21.2 -37.8 257 65 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 16 250 10773 -45.0 -63.0 12 18.0 -45.6 255 71 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12231 -54.5 -66.9 20 12.4 -54.8 253 74 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14045 -61.0 -76.0 12 15.1 -61.2 251 78 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16544 -61.2 -84.6 3 23.4 -61.4 250 34 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.10 m Freezing level: 597.92 mb = 4403.94 m = 14448.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.41 mb = 3834.76 m = 12581.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.65 mb = 2323.65 m = 7623.43 ft T: 11.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.33 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3273.83 m = 10740.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 424.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.39 mb = 2304.73 m = 7561.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.39 mb = 4423.08 m = 14511.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.39 mb = 9849.11 m = 32312.97 ft B at Equ Level: 423.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.39 mb = 12675.15 m = 41584.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 368.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 368.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 363.93 m/s