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: 42.89,-91.16 Latitude: 42.89 Longitude: -91.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 969 305 31.1 24.3 67 6.8 26.0 185 15 307.0 310.7 300.2 367.8 20.12 2 950 479 28.9 21.9 66 7.0 23.7 189 24 306.5 309.8 298.6 359.5 17.63 3 900 958 24.3 20.4 79 3.8 21.5 195 29 306.5 309.7 298.2 357.7 17.01 4 850 1457 20.3 19.3 94 1.0 19.5 208 32 307.4 310.5 298.3 358.0 16.77 5 800 1982 20.0 14.5 71 5.5 16.2 226 36 312.4 314.9 297.3 352.8 13.11 6 750 2539 19.0 6.6 44 12.4 11.3 236 40 317.2 318.8 295.1 343.1 8.20 7 700 3128 15.3 2.0 41 13.3 7.6 246 42 319.4 320.7 294.3 339.7 6.33 8 650 3750 10.7 -2.5 39 13.2 3.7 256 44 321.1 322.0 293.6 337.0 4.89 9 600 4411 5.3 -6.8 41 12.1 -0.6 260 36 322.3 323.0 293.0 334.9 3.83 10 550 5113 -1.1 -10.9 47 9.8 -5.3 264 36 322.7 323.3 292.5 332.8 3.03 11 500 5864 -7.6 -19.0 40 11.3 -11.4 267 38 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.71 12 450 6674 -13.9 -28.6 28 14.7 -17.4 265 40 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.6 0.80 13 400 7560 -18.1 -37.5 17 19.4 -21.6 270 55 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.38 14 350 8542 -25.7 -42.9 19 17.1 -27.9 267 52 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.25 15 300 9640 -33.7 -47.0 25 13.3 -34.9 263 47 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.18 16 250 10896 -41.9 -61.3 10 19.4 -42.8 252 44 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 17 200 12373 -51.8 -69.6 10 17.8 -52.2 260 49 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14192 -60.8 -78.8 8 18.0 -60.9 273 49 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16679 -65.2 -84.2 5 19.1 -65.3 252 28 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.97 m Freezing level: 558.77 mb = 4990.19 m = 16371.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.71 mb = 4319.20 m = 14170.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.28 mb = 1161.33 m = 3810.08 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.39 C/km ThetaE index: 29.32 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2784.48 m = 9135.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.14 C = 107.86 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -7.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -7.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.90 C Cross Totals Index: 26.91 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 580.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2666.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 169.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.25 mb = 1403.32 m = 4604.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.25 mb = 3875.20 m = 12713.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.25 mb = 13391.25 m = 43934.01 ft B at Equ Level: 2666.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 375.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.98 Bulk Rich Number: 22.99 Bulk Shear: 116.01 m/s