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: 41.40,-93.51 Latitude: 41.40 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 974 273 29.8 23.3 68 6.6 25.0 331 16 305.3 308.8 299.0 361.6 18.78 2 950 494 28.1 21.4 67 6.7 23.2 335 27 305.7 308.9 298.1 357.0 17.11 3 900 973 25.4 20.1 72 5.4 21.5 329 26 307.7 310.8 298.3 358.0 16.65 4 850 1476 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.1 289 20 310.8 313.6 297.9 356.0 14.79 5 800 2004 20.8 14.0 65 6.8 16.2 256 26 313.3 315.8 297.2 352.5 12.69 6 750 2560 16.8 12.0 73 4.8 13.6 250 35 314.8 317.0 297.0 351.5 11.80 7 700 3146 14.4 4.0 50 10.4 8.2 261 51 318.4 319.8 294.7 341.7 7.32 8 650 3768 10.9 -6.7 28 17.6 2.2 266 37 321.3 322.0 292.6 333.1 3.57 9 600 4429 6.1 -10.5 29 16.6 -1.3 261 38 323.2 323.8 292.4 332.8 2.86 10 550 5135 0.3 -14.3 32 14.6 -5.5 274 47 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.3 2.30 11 500 5889 -5.6 -29.1 14 23.5 -11.9 286 43 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.7 0.69 12 450 6707 -11.1 -43.0 5 31.9 -16.7 294 36 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.19 13 400 7598 -18.2 -45.2 7 27.0 -22.1 295 33 331.3 331.3 292.2 332.0 0.17 14 350 8579 -26.3 -47.6 12 21.3 -28.6 299 35 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.15 15 300 9673 -35.1 -52.1 16 17.0 -36.3 302 40 335.9 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10921 -43.5 -61.6 12 18.1 -44.2 283 34 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12392 -51.5 -70.2 9 18.8 -51.8 273 59 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14218 -60.4 -79.4 7 19.0 -60.6 287 59 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16700 -66.2 -83.9 7 17.6 -66.4 299 19 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5848.98 m Freezing level: 547.06 mb = 5178.97 m = 16991.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.58 mb = 4177.43 m = 13705.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.40 % Est. max temperature: 36.60 C = 97.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.22 mb = 1108.39 m = 3636.41 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 29.31 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.74 mb = 2437.20 m = 7995.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.13 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.70 C Showalter Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2413.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 215.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.40 mb = 1522.99 m = 4996.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 620.40 mb = 4153.16 m = 13625.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.40 mb = 13408.91 m = 43991.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2394.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 6.2 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.7 neg: -44.5 tot: 174.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 18.22 Bulk Shear: 132.48 m/s