MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506061200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 41.27,-93.51 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 973 286 30.6 23.7 67 6.9 25.4 314 12 306.1 309.7 299.5 364.2 19.29 2 950 494 29.4 21.7 63 7.7 23.8 318 21 307.1 310.3 298.7 359.8 17.48 3 900 975 26.3 20.2 69 6.2 21.8 313 23 308.6 311.8 298.6 359.4 16.73 4 850 1478 23.6 17.7 69 5.9 19.4 286 21 310.9 313.7 298.1 357.1 15.14 5 800 2007 20.3 15.1 72 5.3 16.7 264 24 312.8 315.4 297.6 354.7 13.58 6 750 2561 16.4 12.8 80 3.5 14.0 255 30 314.3 316.7 297.3 353.2 12.52 7 700 3148 15.0 2.7 43 12.3 7.8 262 49 319.1 320.4 294.4 340.4 6.64 8 650 3771 11.2 -6.3 29 17.5 2.5 266 38 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.7 3.67 9 600 4433 6.2 -10.4 29 16.5 -1.3 259 37 323.2 323.8 292.5 332.9 2.90 10 550 5138 0.3 -14.0 33 14.3 -5.5 272 44 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.4 2.35 11 500 5892 -5.8 -25.8 19 20.0 -11.6 285 43 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.2 0.93 12 450 6709 -11.3 -42.3 6 31.0 -16.8 294 35 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.21 13 400 7600 -18.3 -45.6 7 27.3 -22.1 297 33 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 14 350 8581 -26.2 -47.9 11 21.7 -28.5 299 34 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.14 15 300 9675 -34.9 -52.4 15 17.4 -36.2 301 38 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 16 250 10923 -43.3 -61.4 12 18.1 -44.0 282 36 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12397 -51.4 -70.6 8 19.2 -51.8 274 58 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14222 -60.5 -79.4 7 18.9 -60.7 288 58 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16701 -66.2 -83.9 7 17.6 -66.4 302 20 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.64 m Freezing level: 547.79 mb = 5171.04 m = 16965.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.43 mb = 4195.84 m = 13765.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.11 % Est. max temperature: 36.30 C = 97.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.83 mb = 1164.44 m = 3820.30 ft T: 25.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.60 C/km ThetaE index: 34.95 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.29 mb = 2320.79 m = 7614.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.05 C = 100.49 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2721.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.55 mb = 1627.79 m = 5340.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.55 mb = 4022.07 m = 13195.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.55 mb = 13791.06 m = 45245.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2691.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 5.3 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.3 neg: -20.2 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 35.17 Bulk Shear: 77.37 m/s