MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.72,-102.53 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -102.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 524 2 900 992 SFC 875 1235 25.6 12.0 43 13.5 16.6 128 11 310.3 312.2 294.6 341.3 10.13 4 850 1491 21.3 10.7 51 10.7 14.5 134 12 308.5 310.3 293.7 337.5 9.52 5 800 2011 16.2 9.6 65 6.6 12.0 144 11 308.4 310.2 293.6 337.1 9.41 6 750 2556 11.1 8.5 84 2.6 9.5 158 10 308.7 310.4 293.6 337.1 9.34 7 700 3128 6.4 5.9 97 0.5 6.1 197 10 309.6 311.2 293.1 335.3 8.38 8 650 3737 5.1 -2.5 58 7.7 1.2 254 26 314.8 315.7 291.8 330.3 4.89 9 600 4385 0.3 -6.3 62 6.5 -2.8 258 35 316.4 317.2 291.5 329.3 3.99 10 550 5076 -4.9 -12.1 57 7.1 -7.8 259 42 318.2 318.8 290.9 327.3 2.76 11 500 5818 -9.8 -25.4 27 15.6 -14.0 262 45 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.4 0.97 12 450 6621 -16.2 -34.7 19 18.6 -19.7 260 47 322.9 323.0 290.1 324.5 0.44 13 400 7494 -23.2 -42.9 15 19.7 -25.7 254 49 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.22 14 350 8458 -29.9 -50.6 11 20.8 -31.6 256 56 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 15 300 9539 -37.4 -57.2 11 19.8 -38.4 256 67 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 16 250 10774 -45.9 -61.2 16 15.3 -46.4 255 76 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.04 17 200 12228 -54.1 -67.4 18 13.2 -54.4 254 87 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14045 -60.5 -76.9 10 16.4 -60.7 254 87 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16560 -61.9 -84.2 4 22.3 -62.1 264 20 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.83 m Freezing level: 597.54 mb = 4418.63 m = 14496.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3928.38 m = 12888.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.43 C = 75.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.52 mb = 2923.23 m = 9590.54 ft T: 8.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.26 mb = 2914.63 m = 9562.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.51 C K Index: 41.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.87 mb = 2850.12 m = 9350.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.87 mb = 3023.74 m = 9920.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.87 mb = 3379.85 m = 11088.61 ft B at Equ Level: 8.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 648.87 mb = 3750.81 m = 12305.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 3.29 Bulk Shear: 183.11 m/s