MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 43.65,-96.94 Latitude: 43.65 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 950 469 26.5 21.0 72 5.5 22.5 147 10 304.0 307.1 297.4 353.6 16.68 2 950 472 25.9 20.4 72 5.5 22.0 152 11 303.5 306.5 297.0 351.4 16.13 3 900 946 22.5 18.9 80 3.6 20.0 178 20 304.7 307.6 296.8 350.9 15.47 4 850 1443 20.1 16.9 82 3.1 17.9 195 26 307.2 309.9 296.8 350.6 14.43 5 800 1965 18.7 10.4 58 8.3 13.3 206 28 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.6 9.95 6 750 2522 19.9 1.2 29 18.6 9.2 211 36 318.1 319.2 293.3 336.0 5.59 7 700 3112 15.9 -1.4 30 17.3 6.4 215 36 320.1 321.1 293.3 336.1 4.93 8 650 3735 10.6 -3.8 36 14.4 3.1 222 32 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.4 4.44 9 600 4394 4.7 -7.6 40 12.4 -1.1 228 30 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.59 10 550 5095 -1.4 -12.7 42 11.3 -6.0 230 31 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.2 2.62 11 500 5845 -8.1 -15.2 57 7.1 -10.7 231 31 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.1 2.35 12 450 6652 -15.3 -20.2 66 4.9 -16.7 237 33 324.0 324.4 291.7 329.9 1.71 13 400 7532 -21.0 -48.0 7 27.1 -24.2 239 34 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.12 14 350 8502 -29.1 -53.0 8 24.0 -31.0 249 34 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 15 300 9583 -38.1 -48.6 33 10.4 -38.9 248 35 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.15 16 250 10809 -47.8 -55.2 42 7.4 -48.1 246 39 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12260 -54.5 -68.3 17 13.9 -54.7 262 45 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 14078 -59.2 -76.5 9 17.3 -59.4 264 56 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16578 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.8 271 33 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.90 m Freezing level: 561.44 mb = 4935.02 m = 16190.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.05 mb = 4216.97 m = 13835.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.71 mb = 1164.38 m = 3820.10 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.11 mb = 3268.01 m = 10721.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.55 C = 108.60 F Cap Strength: 6.41 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.07 C Showalter Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 27.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2345.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 365.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.82 mb = 1455.42 m = 4774.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.82 mb = 4477.66 m = 14690.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.82 mb = 12792.81 m = 41970.64 ft B at Equ Level: 2325.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.95 Bulk Rich Number: 34.13 Bulk Shear: 68.73 m/s