MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F312.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F312.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13 day GFS valid 0Z THU 19 JUN 25 Station: 38.97,-95.71 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 968 325 28.7 24.0 76 4.7 25.2 187 23 304.7 308.3 299.4 363.8 19.76 2 950 490 27.5 22.8 76 4.7 24.0 190 35 305.1 308.5 298.9 361.0 18.68 3 900 967 23.2 21.1 88 2.1 21.7 196 43 305.5 308.8 298.5 358.8 17.81 4 850 1467 22.6 16.1 67 6.5 18.1 224 46 309.8 312.4 297.0 351.4 13.66 5 800 1994 20.2 12.4 61 7.8 15.0 245 45 312.7 314.8 296.1 347.7 11.37 6 750 2548 16.9 10.7 67 6.2 12.9 269 39 315.0 317.0 296.4 348.7 10.85 7 700 3134 13.5 7.2 66 6.2 9.6 276 36 317.4 319.2 295.8 346.3 9.17 8 650 3755 10.5 0.7 51 9.8 4.9 254 33 320.8 322.0 294.5 340.7 6.19 9 600 4417 5.5 -2.4 57 7.9 1.3 240 29 322.5 323.6 294.3 340.0 5.37 10 550 5121 -1.0 -5.8 70 4.8 -3.3 230 28 322.9 323.8 293.8 337.8 4.52 11 500 5874 -5.3 -26.4 17 21.1 -11.3 238 32 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.8 0.89 12 450 6695 -8.9 -41.4 5 32.5 -15.2 236 39 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 13 400 7599 -13.4 -53.3 2 39.9 -19.0 237 46 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.07 14 350 8599 -21.2 -58.7 2 37.5 -24.9 234 47 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 15 300 9716 -30.3 -62.3 3 32.0 -32.4 241 49 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 16 250 10983 -40.6 -63.7 7 23.0 -41.6 242 51 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12461 -53.0 -60.2 41 7.2 -53.2 249 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.06 18 150 14268 -63.7 -76.2 17 12.5 -63.8 237 40 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16688 -69.5 -83.2 12 13.7 -69.5 220 30 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5835.87 m Freezing level: 557.54 mb = 5014.37 m = 16451.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.86 mb = 4609.76 m = 15123.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 35.58 C = 96.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.56 mb = 922.40 m = 3026.22 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 18.96 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.71 mb = 2225.44 m = 7301.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.62 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1974.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.23 mb = 1261.20 m = 4137.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.23 mb = 3945.47 m = 12944.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.23 mb = 14052.59 m = 46103.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1974.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 562.0 neg: -9.0 tot: 553.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 184.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.49 Bulk Rich Number: 18.39 Bulk Shear: 107.39 m/s