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: 41.61,-93.03 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -93.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 974 266 31.1 23.8 65 7.3 25.6 297 11 306.6 310.2 299.7 364.9 19.37 2 950 488 30.3 21.3 59 8.9 23.8 303 21 307.9 311.1 298.6 359.6 17.08 3 900 970 26.9 19.9 65 7.1 21.8 307 25 309.3 312.4 298.5 359.2 16.43 4 850 1474 23.3 17.8 71 5.5 19.4 294 23 310.5 313.4 298.1 357.1 15.23 5 800 2001 19.6 15.2 76 4.4 16.5 273 22 312.0 314.6 297.5 354.1 13.69 6 750 2554 15.6 13.1 85 2.5 13.9 255 32 313.6 316.0 297.3 353.0 12.76 7 700 3140 14.9 1.0 39 13.9 7.0 264 49 319.0 320.1 293.8 337.8 5.87 8 650 3763 11.4 -7.1 27 18.5 2.3 263 41 321.9 322.5 292.6 333.3 3.45 9 600 4425 6.3 -11.3 27 17.6 -1.5 256 41 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.4 2.68 10 550 5130 0.3 -14.0 33 14.3 -5.5 272 49 324.5 324.9 292.4 332.5 2.36 11 500 5885 -5.5 -30.1 12 24.6 -11.9 285 45 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.63 12 450 6703 -11.2 -42.8 5 31.5 -16.8 290 38 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.20 13 400 7594 -18.2 -45.2 7 26.9 -22.1 295 38 331.3 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.17 14 350 8574 -26.2 -47.4 12 21.2 -28.5 301 39 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 15 300 9669 -34.9 -52.8 14 17.9 -36.1 300 42 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 16 250 10917 -43.7 -61.9 12 18.2 -44.3 291 33 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.04 17 200 12385 -51.7 -69.6 10 18.0 -52.0 272 59 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14212 -60.0 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.2 286 58 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16696 -66.1 -83.9 7 17.8 -66.2 301 22 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.85 m Freezing level: 547.23 mb = 5172.25 m = 16969.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.97 mb = 4154.42 m = 13629.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.10 % Est. max temperature: 35.82 C = 96.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.61 mb = 1202.13 m = 3943.95 ft T: 25.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 32.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2215.05 m = 7267.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.13 C = 98.84 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -5.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2724.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.06 mb = 1722.21 m = 5650.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.06 mb = 4139.89 m = 13582.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.06 mb = 13377.84 m = 43890.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2724.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.5 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 302.5 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 4.8 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 145.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 42.10 Bulk Shear: 64.72 m/s