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: 41.57,-90.50 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 980 215 30.5 25.8 76 4.7 26.9 215 13 305.4 309.4 300.7 370.9 21.76 2 950 494 29.0 23.9 74 5.1 25.2 220 26 306.6 310.3 300.0 367.0 20.03 3 900 974 24.7 22.3 87 2.3 22.9 226 31 306.9 310.5 299.7 364.9 19.21 4 850 1475 21.7 19.1 85 2.6 19.8 249 35 308.9 312.0 298.5 359.3 16.59 5 800 2001 20.6 12.0 58 8.6 14.9 260 40 313.1 315.2 296.1 347.4 11.10 6 750 2557 17.8 7.5 51 10.4 11.3 258 41 315.9 317.6 295.1 343.2 8.69 7 700 3144 14.7 2.6 44 12.1 7.6 262 43 318.7 320.0 294.3 339.8 6.61 8 650 3766 10.5 -3.0 39 13.5 3.4 267 45 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.3 4.73 9 600 4427 5.3 -7.1 41 12.3 -0.7 264 39 322.2 322.9 293.0 334.6 3.75 10 550 5129 -0.9 -11.2 45 10.3 -5.3 264 33 323.0 323.6 292.5 332.8 2.94 11 500 5882 -6.5 -23.3 25 16.8 -11.6 274 36 325.1 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.17 12 450 6695 -12.6 -32.9 17 20.3 -17.0 289 45 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.4 0.53 13 400 7583 -18.5 -43.7 9 25.2 -22.2 292 48 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.20 14 350 8566 -25.2 -50.1 8 24.9 -27.8 294 49 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 15 300 9666 -33.2 -54.3 10 21.0 -34.8 287 46 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.08 16 250 10922 -42.1 -60.0 13 17.9 -42.9 266 47 343.4 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.05 17 200 12399 -51.7 -69.5 10 17.8 -52.1 274 48 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14222 -61.2 -78.7 8 17.5 -61.4 286 38 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16690 -65.2 -84.3 5 19.2 -65.3 263 21 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.66 m Freezing level: 557.38 mb = 5025.58 m = 16487.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.33 mb = 4313.00 m = 14150.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.53 % Est. max temperature: 35.61 C = 96.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.93 mb = 818.43 m = 2685.10 ft T: 26.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.73 C/km ThetaE index: 41.63 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1428.83 m = 4687.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.82 C = 92.87 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -8.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -6.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3857.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.24 mb = 1168.68 m = 3834.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.24 mb = 3201.38 m = 10503.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 145.24 mb = 14417.95 m = 47302.40 ft B at Equ Level: 3843.55 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 292.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.42 Bulk Rich Number: 50.21 Bulk Shear: 76.84 m/s