MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F264.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506060600F264.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 42.8,-94.41 Latitude: 42.80 Longitude: -94.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 965 359 27.0 23.0 79 4.0 24.0 211 11 303.2 306.6 298.4 358.5 18.61 2 950 497 27.1 22.6 76 4.5 23.8 213 21 304.7 308.1 298.7 359.9 18.46 3 900 978 28.4 18.4 55 10.0 21.2 236 38 310.8 313.6 298.0 356.5 14.97 4 850 1486 27.7 13.4 41 14.3 17.9 256 34 315.2 317.4 296.8 350.8 11.45 5 800 2020 24.0 10.5 42 13.6 15.1 278 32 316.8 318.7 296.2 348.2 9.99 6 750 2581 19.9 6.0 40 13.9 11.3 279 25 318.2 319.7 295.1 343.1 7.83 7 700 3171 15.4 -0.3 34 15.7 6.7 269 21 319.6 320.6 293.6 336.9 5.36 8 650 3793 10.6 -10.5 21 21.2 1.0 264 27 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.8 2.64 9 600 4452 4.9 -17.3 18 22.2 -3.6 269 29 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.4 1.63 10 550 5154 -0.4 -31.5 7 31.1 -8.7 284 35 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.50 11 500 5906 -6.4 -34.1 9 27.6 -12.8 284 39 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.43 12 450 6720 -11.6 -38.3 9 26.6 -16.8 284 45 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 13 400 7614 -16.5 -42.3 9 25.9 -20.7 275 46 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.23 14 350 8602 -24.8 -42.4 18 17.6 -27.2 282 47 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.26 15 300 9704 -32.7 -53.6 11 20.9 -34.3 286 57 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.09 16 250 10963 -41.7 -62.5 9 20.9 -42.5 288 60 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 17 200 12449 -49.5 -72.5 5 23.0 -50.0 282 43 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14279 -62.0 -79.1 8 17.2 -62.1 280 34 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16725 -68.7 -83.6 10 14.9 -68.8 278 29 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.32 m Freezing level: 553.69 mb = 5101.80 m = 16738.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.03 mb = 3933.06 m = 12903.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.67 % Est. max temperature: 39.94 C = 103.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.21 mb = 867.72 m = 2846.83 ft T: 28.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 34.44 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.22 mb = 3179.94 m = 10432.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.22 C = 109.80 F Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 31.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1945.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 416.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.15 mb = 1898.40 m = 6228.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.15 mb = 4100.58 m = 13453.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.15 mb = 12905.43 m = 42340.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1943.28 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 299.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 329.3 neg: -25.9 tot: 303.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.94 Bulk Rich Number: 27.79 Bulk Shear: 70.00 m/s