MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060000F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 22 JUN 25 Station: 42.69,-96.26 Latitude: 42.69 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 965 388 30.0 22.4 64 7.6 24.3 85 10 306.2 309.6 298.7 360.0 17.89 2 950 528 29.0 20.4 60 8.7 22.8 89 15 306.7 309.6 297.7 354.9 16.06 3 900 1008 24.8 18.9 70 5.9 20.5 104 14 307.1 309.9 297.4 353.4 15.40 4 850 1508 21.9 17.1 74 4.8 18.5 162 7 309.1 311.8 297.4 353.4 14.59 5 800 2034 20.4 13.3 64 7.1 15.5 242 14 312.9 315.2 296.7 350.1 12.06 6 750 2589 17.4 4.0 41 13.5 9.5 277 15 315.5 316.8 293.6 336.9 6.79 7 700 3175 14.3 -6.2 24 20.6 4.1 295 20 318.3 319.0 291.6 329.5 3.42 8 650 3794 8.9 -4.3 39 13.2 2.2 303 24 319.0 319.8 292.5 332.9 4.28 9 600 4449 3.0 -6.3 50 9.3 -1.5 320 32 319.5 320.3 292.4 332.5 3.97 10 550 5147 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.8 321 41 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.13 11 500 5894 -7.6 -21.4 32 13.7 -11.9 324 45 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.5 1.39 12 450 6706 -13.2 -33.5 16 20.3 -17.5 324 45 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.50 13 400 7590 -20.0 -40.7 14 20.7 -23.2 322 43 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.27 14 350 8567 -26.2 -50.8 8 24.6 -28.6 323 50 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 15 300 9665 -34.0 -55.1 10 21.1 -35.4 326 65 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.07 16 250 10918 -42.0 -61.0 11 19.0 -42.8 324 70 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 17 200 12395 -51.9 -67.2 14 15.3 -52.2 324 75 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14222 -59.0 -79.3 6 20.3 -59.2 323 63 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16705 -67.1 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.2 322 47 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.46 m Freezing level: 574.92 mb = 4799.20 m = 15745.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.37 mb = 4176.02 m = 13700.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.79 % Est. max temperature: 35.39 C = 95.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.35 mb = 1361.10 m = 4465.51 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.07 C/km ThetaE index: 30.50 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2922.70 m = 9588.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.77 C = 105.38 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -6.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 26.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2082.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.38 mb = 1731.45 m = 5680.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.38 mb = 3877.83 m = 12722.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.38 mb = 12946.33 m = 42474.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2063.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.4 neg: -18.7 tot: 280.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.22 Bulk Rich Number: 11.61 Bulk Shear: 179.37 m/s