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: 40.45,-104.62 Latitude: 40.45 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 524 2 900 986 SFC 850 1473 21.0 8.8 46 12.2 13.4 165 9 308.1 309.7 292.7 333.7 8.40 4 850 1478 19.7 8.1 47 11.6 12.6 166 9 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.1 8.01 5 800 1995 14.3 6.6 60 7.7 9.7 174 11 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.7 7.68 6 750 2536 9.3 5.1 75 4.2 6.9 189 10 306.7 308.1 291.5 329.0 7.35 7 700 3105 6.0 -0.5 63 6.5 2.6 254 15 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.27 8 650 3707 0.9 -3.2 74 4.1 -1.1 272 22 310.0 310.9 290.2 324.5 4.65 9 600 4345 -3.9 -6.1 85 2.2 -4.9 279 30 311.6 312.4 290.0 324.3 4.03 10 550 5026 -8.6 -10.5 86 1.9 -9.3 275 36 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.13 11 500 5759 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.6 261 40 317.1 317.6 290.3 325.1 2.43 12 450 6555 -17.8 -19.5 86 1.7 -18.3 250 49 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.1 1.82 13 400 7425 -24.3 -25.5 90 1.2 -24.6 243 55 323.3 323.6 291.0 327.5 1.20 14 350 8383 -31.7 -34.3 78 2.6 -32.1 248 58 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.2 0.60 15 300 9453 -40.2 -46.6 50 6.4 -40.6 256 62 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.19 16 250 10672 -49.1 -59.6 28 10.5 -49.4 257 69 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 17 200 12110 -55.2 -65.9 25 10.7 -55.4 256 71 345.3 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13947 -56.0 -79.6 4 23.5 -56.3 256 56 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16494 -59.9 -85.2 2 25.3 -60.2 255 43 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.58 m Freezing level: 640.31 mb = 3830.41 m = 12566.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.81 mb = 3523.74 m = 11560.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.28 % Est. max temperature: 21.94 C = 71.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 709.93 mb = 2988.62 m = 9805.05 ft T: 6.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.59 mb = 3297.43 m = 10818.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.05 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.00 mb = 2976.13 m = 9764.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.00 mb = 3755.93 m = 12322.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.00 mb = 9315.90 m = 30563.62 ft B at Equ Level: 237.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.00 mb = 11613.67 m = 38102.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 131.36 m/s