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: 38.40,-103.51 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 510 2 900 976 SFC 859 1385 24.3 11.8 46 12.5 16.1 122 16 310.7 312.6 294.8 341.9 10.19 4 850 1472 21.9 10.8 49 11.1 14.7 126 18 309.1 310.9 293.9 338.3 9.60 5 800 1994 16.6 9.5 63 7.1 12.1 139 15 308.9 310.6 293.7 337.4 9.35 6 750 2539 11.6 8.3 80 3.4 9.6 158 12 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.19 7 700 3113 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.2 208 13 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.4 8.04 8 650 3721 5.2 -3.5 53 8.7 0.9 244 29 314.9 315.7 291.5 329.4 4.55 9 600 4370 0.3 -7.0 58 7.3 -3.0 246 41 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.7 3.78 10 550 5060 -5.8 -9.4 75 3.7 -7.3 246 48 317.3 317.9 291.2 328.3 3.40 11 500 5799 -11.1 -14.9 74 3.8 -12.5 251 50 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.5 2.41 12 450 6601 -16.1 -24.6 48 8.5 -18.3 259 54 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.1 1.16 13 400 7476 -22.8 -36.3 28 13.5 -24.9 262 55 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.9 0.43 14 350 8440 -30.3 -42.7 29 12.4 -31.7 264 56 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.25 15 300 9519 -37.6 -55.4 14 17.7 -38.6 262 64 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 16 250 10754 -45.6 -62.8 13 17.2 -46.2 259 74 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12211 -54.2 -67.0 19 12.9 -54.4 255 79 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14036 -59.2 -76.1 9 16.9 -59.5 250 73 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16543 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.8 260 39 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.16 m Freezing level: 597.19 mb = 4408.63 m = 14463.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.84 mb = 3861.63 m = 12669.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.51 mb = 2942.38 m = 9653.36 ft T: 8.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.52 mb = 3071.33 m = 10076.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 41.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 666.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.43 mb = 2896.98 m = 9504.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.43 mb = 4323.66 m = 14185.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.43 mb = 10399.35 m = 34118.17 ft B at Equ Level: 666.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.43 mb = 13114.90 m = 43027.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 275.90 m/s