MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.06,-103.03 Latitude: 38.06 Longitude: -103.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 519 2 900 986 SFC 875 1230 24.8 12.4 46 12.5 16.6 102 13 309.5 311.5 294.6 341.1 10.36 4 850 1484 20.7 10.9 53 9.8 14.4 114 14 307.8 309.7 293.6 337.3 9.71 5 800 2004 15.7 9.9 68 5.9 12.0 135 13 307.9 309.7 293.6 337.0 9.59 6 750 2548 10.7 8.8 88 2.0 9.5 154 14 308.2 310.0 293.6 337.0 9.49 7 700 3121 9.0 2.8 65 6.2 5.5 225 21 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.2 6.69 8 650 3731 5.3 -4.0 51 9.3 0.7 248 30 314.9 315.8 291.4 328.8 4.36 9 600 4379 -0.2 -7.1 60 6.9 -3.3 253 36 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.0 3.75 10 550 5068 -5.8 -9.7 74 3.9 -7.5 253 45 317.2 317.8 291.2 328.0 3.32 11 500 5808 -11.0 -18.5 54 7.5 -13.4 258 54 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.6 1.77 12 450 6608 -16.5 -32.9 23 16.5 -19.7 264 56 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.53 13 400 7482 -22.9 -43.6 13 20.7 -25.5 263 57 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.20 14 350 8448 -29.4 -50.2 11 20.8 -31.2 264 56 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.11 15 300 9531 -36.6 -58.1 9 21.5 -37.8 259 63 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10771 -44.9 -63.0 11 18.1 -45.5 255 74 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.4 0.03 17 200 12229 -54.3 -67.1 19 12.8 -54.6 252 78 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14044 -61.1 -75.8 13 14.8 -61.2 251 80 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16552 -60.4 -84.6 3 24.2 -60.7 253 31 410.9 410.9 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.70 m Freezing level: 601.39 mb = 4361.05 m = 14307.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3835.89 m = 12584.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.61 mb = 2788.05 m = 9147.03 ft T: 9.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.42 mb = 3330.39 m = 10926.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.86 mb = 2739.75 m = 8988.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.86 mb = 4273.71 m = 14021.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.86 mb = 10052.34 m = 32979.73 ft B at Equ Level: 585.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.86 mb = 12969.35 m = 42549.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 343.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 288.38 m/s