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: 42.82,-92.96 Latitude: 42.82 Longitude: -92.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 962 328 27.3 22.8 77 4.5 24.0 183 24 303.8 307.2 298.5 358.9 18.50 2 950 436 27.0 21.8 73 5.2 23.2 186 38 304.6 307.8 298.1 357.1 17.59 3 900 913 22.9 20.4 85 2.6 21.1 190 50 305.1 308.3 297.9 355.9 16.97 4 850 1411 20.6 17.8 84 2.8 18.6 207 57 307.7 310.6 297.4 353.7 15.21 5 800 1935 19.1 14.5 75 4.5 16.0 225 51 311.5 314.0 297.0 351.8 13.14 6 750 2488 15.3 11.9 80 3.3 13.0 236 48 313.2 315.4 296.5 349.6 11.78 7 700 3069 10.5 8.9 90 1.6 9.5 239 50 314.1 316.0 295.7 346.0 10.27 8 650 3686 9.0 2.2 62 6.8 5.1 233 54 319.1 320.5 294.6 341.2 6.91 9 600 4346 5.7 -2.2 57 8.0 1.5 224 56 322.7 323.8 294.4 340.4 5.42 10 550 5051 -0.2 -5.3 69 5.0 -2.7 225 58 323.8 324.8 294.1 339.3 4.71 11 500 5807 -4.9 -16.0 41 11.1 -9.1 229 57 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.6 2.20 12 450 6628 -9.8 -25.3 27 15.5 -14.3 230 61 330.9 331.2 293.0 334.9 1.09 13 400 7526 -15.3 -34.8 17 19.4 -19.4 227 69 335.0 335.1 293.6 336.9 0.50 14 350 8521 -22.1 -37.7 23 15.6 -24.8 227 73 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.6 0.43 15 300 9636 -30.6 -38.7 45 8.2 -31.7 229 75 342.3 342.4 295.3 344.0 0.45 16 250 10904 -40.5 -48.7 41 8.2 -41.1 230 72 345.9 345.9 295.9 346.6 0.18 17 200 12387 -51.3 -58.7 41 7.4 -51.5 234 63 351.5 351.6 297.0 351.8 0.07 18 150 14206 -62.5 -74.5 19 11.9 -62.6 227 54 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16658 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.1 239 26 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.17 m Freezing level: 551.76 mb = 5026.44 m = 16490.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.40 mb = 4587.35 m = 15050.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.62 % Est. max temperature: 33.98 C = 93.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.67 mb = 896.52 m = 2941.29 ft T: 23.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 24.26 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.36 mb = 2049.92 m = 6725.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.24 C = 95.43 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 41.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1457.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.79 mb = 1250.31 m = 4102.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.79 mb = 2706.70 m = 8880.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.79 mb = 13385.61 m = 43915.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1440.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 564.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 561.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.97 Bulk Rich Number: 11.08 Bulk Shear: 131.61 m/s