MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.03,-98.69 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -98.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 468 SFC 931 656 34.4 20.4 44 14.0 24.0 188 11 314.0 317.1 299.6 364.8 16.42 3 900 958 33.9 15.1 32 18.8 20.8 196 22 316.5 318.8 297.5 354.4 12.11 4 850 1472 30.8 10.2 28 20.7 17.1 221 18 318.5 320.2 296.1 347.6 9.21 5 800 2011 27.5 3.3 21 24.2 12.9 267 17 320.4 321.6 294.3 339.9 6.05 6 750 2577 22.7 -1.6 20 24.3 9.2 277 20 321.2 322.1 293.3 335.9 4.52 7 700 3170 17.3 -5.5 21 22.8 5.6 282 22 321.6 322.4 292.7 333.6 3.62 8 650 3795 11.6 -9.2 22 20.8 1.8 278 23 322.0 322.6 292.2 331.8 2.92 9 600 4457 6.5 -20.7 12 27.1 -3.4 269 26 323.6 323.9 291.1 327.9 1.23 10 550 5162 1.1 -36.8 4 37.9 -8.1 273 28 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.5 0.30 11 500 5919 -4.8 -40.3 4 35.5 -12.2 275 32 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.23 12 450 6737 -11.3 -39.4 8 28.1 -16.7 277 37 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.28 13 400 7629 -17.2 -43.0 9 25.7 -21.2 271 37 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 14 350 8616 -24.2 -43.5 15 19.2 -26.8 277 40 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.23 15 300 9719 -33.0 -50.1 16 17.1 -34.4 280 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.13 16 250 10976 -42.2 -61.3 11 19.1 -43.0 285 59 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12452 -51.1 -70.3 8 19.2 -51.5 281 50 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14282 -61.1 -79.6 7 18.5 -61.2 272 36 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16734 -67.3 -83.8 8 16.4 -67.4 260 26 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5896.67 m Freezing level: 540.81 mb = 5301.45 m = 17393.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.76 mb = 4017.21 m = 13179.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.12 % Est. max temperature: 41.05 C = 105.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.78 mb = 2451.68 m = 8043.47 ft T: 23.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 38.33 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 618.55 mb = 4204.92 m = 13795.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.29 C = 109.93 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.67 C Cross Totals Index: 14.99 C K Index: 23.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1234.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 328.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 669.92 mb = 3540.44 m = 11615.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.92 mb = 4945.24 m = 16224.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.92 mb = 12615.71 m = 41389.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1223.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.92 mb = 15893.05 m = 52141.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.6 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 297.6 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 123.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 14.59 Bulk Shear: 84.57 m/s