MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F309.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 309 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 42.62,-93.98 Latitude: 42.62 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 961 343 29.9 22.7 65 7.3 24.5 183 19 306.6 310.0 299.0 361.7 18.32 2 950 440 29.4 21.3 62 8.1 23.4 186 29 307.0 310.2 298.3 358.1 16.97 3 900 920 25.0 19.5 71 5.5 21.1 192 39 307.3 310.3 297.8 355.6 16.03 4 850 1419 20.6 17.9 84 2.7 18.7 201 42 307.7 310.6 297.5 354.0 15.33 5 800 1942 17.2 15.4 89 1.8 16.0 218 44 309.5 312.1 297.0 351.7 13.90 6 750 2491 13.3 13.0 98 0.4 13.1 225 46 311.1 313.5 296.5 349.7 12.63 7 700 3072 12.2 5.5 63 6.8 8.1 223 53 316.0 317.6 294.7 341.5 8.10 8 650 3691 10.1 1.1 53 9.0 5.0 224 53 320.4 321.6 294.6 340.9 6.39 9 600 4354 6.5 -1.4 57 7.9 2.2 228 54 323.6 324.7 294.9 342.4 5.76 10 550 5060 0.3 -4.7 69 5.1 -2.2 229 53 324.5 325.4 294.4 340.6 4.90 11 500 5817 -5.4 -15.9 44 10.4 -9.4 228 55 326.4 326.8 292.8 334.0 2.22 12 450 6635 -10.0 -39.1 7 29.1 -15.8 230 58 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.29 13 400 7534 -15.5 -49.0 4 33.5 -20.3 230 63 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 14 350 8527 -22.5 -50.5 6 28.0 -25.8 234 65 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 15 300 9638 -31.4 -57.4 6 26.0 -33.3 235 66 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 16 250 10902 -41.0 -60.6 10 19.6 -41.9 233 66 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 17 200 12382 -52.2 -60.7 36 8.4 -52.5 234 59 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.05 18 150 14189 -62.9 -78.1 11 15.3 -63.0 234 49 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16641 -65.9 -83.5 7 17.7 -66.0 235 34 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5826.16 m Freezing level: 547.16 mb = 5103.38 m = 16743.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.28 mb = 4695.60 m = 15405.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.18 % Est. max temperature: 32.39 C = 90.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.07 mb = 1265.75 m = 4152.66 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1789.96 m = 5872.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 37.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1631.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.55 mb = 1577.65 m = 5175.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.55 mb = 2054.16 m = 6739.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.55 mb = 3197.63 m = 10490.78 ft B at Equ Level: 30.16 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 360.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 15.82 Bulk Shear: 103.18 m/s