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: 44.25,-92.21 Latitude: 44.25 Longitude: -92.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 963 322 28.1 23.4 76 4.7 24.6 192 19 304.5 308.1 299.1 361.8 19.16 2 950 443 27.1 21.4 71 5.6 23.0 194 30 304.7 307.8 297.9 355.9 17.16 3 900 919 22.6 19.7 84 2.9 20.5 199 39 304.8 307.8 297.3 353.3 16.25 4 850 1415 18.9 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 210 44 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.7 15.26 5 800 1935 15.9 15.5 98 0.4 15.7 222 45 308.1 310.7 296.7 350.5 14.01 6 750 2484 14.7 10.8 77 4.0 12.1 224 47 312.6 314.7 295.8 346.2 10.90 7 700 3067 12.5 4.4 58 8.0 7.7 224 50 316.3 317.7 294.3 340.0 7.54 8 650 3684 7.5 -1.6 53 9.1 2.7 221 45 317.4 318.4 292.8 334.1 5.23 9 600 4338 3.9 -6.9 45 10.8 -1.3 220 45 320.6 321.4 292.6 333.1 3.81 10 550 5040 -0.5 -4.5 74 4.0 -2.5 228 52 323.5 324.5 294.3 339.8 4.98 11 500 5796 -5.4 -11.9 60 6.6 -8.1 228 58 326.5 327.1 293.5 336.8 3.06 12 450 6615 -10.4 -31.9 15 21.5 -15.4 230 59 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.4 0.59 13 400 7512 -15.7 -41.0 9 25.4 -20.1 231 63 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.26 14 350 8505 -22.8 -40.3 19 17.5 -25.5 232 66 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.3 0.33 15 300 9616 -31.0 -47.9 17 16.9 -32.7 237 73 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.17 16 250 10882 -40.8 -54.5 21 13.8 -41.6 239 67 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.09 17 200 12360 -52.3 -60.2 38 7.9 -52.6 238 61 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.06 18 150 14168 -63.1 -75.0 18 11.9 -63.2 244 53 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16629 -66.3 -84.4 6 18.1 -66.4 232 34 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.48 m Freezing level: 555.74 mb = 4959.78 m = 16272.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.17 mb = 4120.88 m = 13519.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.95 mb = 919.53 m = 3016.79 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 28.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1379.16 m = 4524.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1399.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.85 mb = 1254.69 m = 4116.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.85 mb = 1507.87 m = 4947.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 760.85 mb = 2361.99 m = 7749.22 ft B at Equ Level: 12.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 700.85 mb = 3056.85 m = 10028.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.3 neg: -13.0 tot: 297.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 19.72 Bulk Shear: 70.96 m/s