MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 42.02,-92.1 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -92.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 972 275 33.6 25.2 62 8.4 27.1 207 16 309.2 313.2 301.2 373.9 21.20 2 950 482 31.1 22.7 61 8.4 24.8 210 26 308.7 312.2 299.7 365.1 18.57 3 900 965 26.2 21.0 73 5.2 22.4 214 31 308.5 311.9 299.1 362.1 17.65 4 850 1467 21.7 19.3 86 2.4 20.0 220 34 308.9 312.0 298.7 360.0 16.84 5 800 1993 21.9 10.1 47 11.8 14.2 234 39 314.4 316.3 295.4 344.8 9.74 6 750 2552 20.6 3.2 32 17.4 10.3 249 43 319.0 320.2 294.2 339.5 6.43 7 700 3143 16.1 0.4 34 15.8 7.2 258 48 320.3 321.4 294.0 338.5 5.62 8 650 3767 11.1 -3.6 35 14.7 3.4 263 44 321.5 322.4 293.4 336.2 4.51 9 600 4429 5.7 -8.9 34 14.7 -1.1 269 36 322.7 323.4 292.7 333.5 3.24 10 550 5132 -0.9 -9.9 51 9.0 -4.9 267 33 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.9 3.27 11 500 5883 -6.7 -23.0 26 16.3 -11.7 275 36 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 12 450 6695 -13.9 -28.0 29 14.1 -17.3 275 34 325.8 325.9 291.4 328.8 0.84 13 400 7580 -18.1 -37.4 17 19.3 -21.6 274 49 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.38 14 350 8561 -26.1 -41.3 23 15.1 -28.2 277 53 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.29 15 300 9659 -33.9 -46.3 28 12.4 -35.1 270 48 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.4 0.20 16 250 10912 -42.5 -59.5 14 17.0 -43.3 258 49 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 17 200 12389 -51.4 -70.3 9 18.9 -51.8 267 50 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14211 -61.3 -78.9 8 17.7 -61.4 272 43 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16689 -65.3 -84.3 6 19.0 -65.4 261 23 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.85 m Freezing level: 557.01 mb = 5033.23 m = 16513.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.12 mb = 4263.40 m = 13987.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.25 C = 97.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.57 mb = 1337.71 m = 4388.76 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 40.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.31 mb = 2898.34 m = 9508.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.08 C = 111.35 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -8.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: -7.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.05 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 573.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3541.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 84.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.54 mb = 1574.13 m = 5164.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.54 mb = 3708.59 m = 12167.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.54 mb = 14437.13 m = 47365.33 ft B at Equ Level: 3499.85 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 371.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 371.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.10 Bulk Rich Number: 43.04 Bulk Shear: 82.29 m/s