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: 42.89,-92.8 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 325 27.1 22.8 77 4.3 24.0 183 24 303.6 307.0 298.4 358.7 18.51 2 950 437 26.8 21.8 74 5.0 23.2 185 38 304.4 307.6 298.1 356.8 17.59 3 900 914 22.7 20.4 87 2.3 21.1 190 50 304.9 308.1 297.8 355.7 16.97 4 850 1411 20.3 17.9 86 2.4 18.6 207 57 307.4 310.3 297.4 353.6 15.32 5 800 1935 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 15.8 224 51 311.2 313.7 296.9 351.3 13.09 6 750 2488 15.2 11.9 81 3.3 13.0 236 48 313.1 315.3 296.5 349.4 11.75 7 700 3069 10.7 8.6 86 2.2 9.4 238 50 314.4 316.3 295.7 345.7 10.06 8 650 3686 8.9 2.4 63 6.6 5.1 230 54 319.1 320.4 294.7 341.4 7.01 9 600 4346 5.7 -2.1 57 7.9 1.5 225 56 322.7 323.8 294.4 340.5 5.45 10 550 5051 -0.2 -5.6 67 5.4 -2.9 225 58 323.9 324.8 294.1 339.0 4.58 11 500 5807 -4.8 -17.9 35 13.0 -9.5 228 57 327.1 327.5 292.7 333.6 1.87 12 450 6628 -9.6 -26.9 23 17.3 -14.4 229 61 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.6 0.94 13 400 7527 -15.2 -36.5 14 21.3 -19.4 227 68 335.2 335.3 293.6 336.9 0.42 14 350 8522 -22.1 -39.7 19 17.6 -24.9 227 73 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.3 0.35 15 300 9636 -30.6 -40.9 36 10.3 -31.9 229 75 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.7 0.36 16 250 10904 -40.4 -50.2 34 9.8 -41.1 230 71 346.0 346.0 295.9 346.6 0.15 17 200 12389 -51.3 -59.6 37 8.3 -51.5 235 62 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.9 0.06 18 150 14208 -62.5 -75.0 17 12.5 -62.6 227 53 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16659 -65.4 -84.0 6 18.6 -65.5 239 27 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.90 m Freezing level: 551.57 mb = 5029.02 m = 16499.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.88 mb = 4580.63 m = 15028.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.17 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.61 mb = 868.74 m = 2850.16 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 25.03 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 1991.66 m = 6534.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.83 C = 94.69 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 40.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1400.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.20 mb = 1216.67 m = 3991.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.20 mb = 2666.97 m = 8749.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.20 mb = 13261.84 m = 43509.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1386.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 554.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 551.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.72 Bulk Rich Number: 10.77 Bulk Shear: 130.05 m/s