MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 40.46,-100.28 Latitude: 40.46 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 498 SFC 919 794 35.7 15.9 31 19.8 21.7 131 12 316.4 318.8 297.8 355.3 12.45 3 900 986 34.4 13.9 29 20.5 20.2 136 19 317.0 319.2 297.1 352.1 11.18 4 850 1500 29.6 12.6 35 17.0 18.1 143 19 317.2 319.3 296.9 351.3 10.88 5 800 2036 24.5 11.5 44 13.0 15.8 153 17 317.3 319.3 296.8 351.0 10.74 6 750 2597 19.2 10.4 57 8.8 13.4 168 14 317.4 319.5 296.8 350.8 10.63 7 700 3185 13.7 9.0 73 4.7 10.6 189 13 317.6 319.6 296.7 350.2 10.35 8 650 3805 8.2 7.0 92 1.3 7.5 218 14 318.3 320.2 296.4 348.9 9.70 9 600 4462 3.9 2.6 91 1.3 3.1 246 19 320.6 322.1 295.6 345.3 7.71 10 550 5164 -0.5 -5.2 71 4.7 -2.8 264 23 323.5 324.4 294.1 339.1 4.74 11 500 5919 -4.9 -12.8 54 7.8 -8.1 273 21 327.0 327.6 293.5 336.8 2.87 12 450 6737 -11.5 -19.9 50 8.4 -14.2 283 23 328.8 329.2 293.0 334.9 1.75 13 400 7624 -19.3 -41.9 12 22.6 -22.7 294 25 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 14 350 8606 -25.6 -48.3 10 22.7 -28.1 299 26 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.14 15 300 9706 -33.7 -55.6 9 22.0 -35.2 312 25 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10956 -43.5 -59.8 15 16.4 -44.1 308 34 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 17 200 12426 -52.8 -69.2 12 16.3 -53.2 311 41 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14248 -59.5 -79.1 6 19.6 -59.7 308 39 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16726 -67.7 -84.1 8 16.4 -67.8 268 18 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5866.07 m Freezing level: 555.52 mb = 5086.40 m = 16687.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.60 mb = 4825.21 m = 15830.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.10 % Est. max temperature: 36.67 C = 98.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.46 mb = 3287.92 m = 10787.00 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 24.51 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.62 mb = 3707.78 m = 12164.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.49 C = 99.48 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 42.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1519.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 668.12 mb = 3575.26 m = 11729.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.12 mb = 3892.63 m = 12770.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.12 mb = 12984.36 m = 42599.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1489.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.12 mb = 15972.55 m = 52402.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 18.03 Bulk Shear: 84.28 m/s