MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506030600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 43.99,-97.10 Latitude: 43.99 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 487 SFC 948 505 20.7 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 33 10 298.4 301.0 294.6 341.3 14.76 3 900 955 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.8 33 18 301.8 304.3 294.8 341.9 13.60 4 850 1448 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 86 6 305.3 307.9 296.0 347.2 14.00 5 800 1968 17.2 12.2 72 5.0 13.9 167 8 309.5 311.6 295.2 343.7 11.24 6 750 2518 14.7 7.3 61 7.3 10.2 181 11 312.5 314.2 294.1 339.2 8.62 7 700 3099 11.1 2.5 55 8.7 6.2 190 16 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.4 6.54 8 650 3714 6.6 0.0 63 6.5 3.0 199 24 316.4 317.5 293.1 335.2 5.91 9 600 4366 1.5 -1.4 81 2.9 -0.0 209 33 317.9 319.0 293.4 336.3 5.77 10 550 5061 -4.0 -6.1 85 2.1 -5.0 217 42 319.4 320.2 292.7 333.7 4.41 11 500 5806 -9.3 -11.4 85 2.0 -10.2 220 51 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.3 3.21 12 450 6613 -14.3 -15.8 88 1.5 -14.8 225 56 325.3 325.7 292.7 333.7 2.48 13 400 7497 -20.1 -20.5 96 0.4 -20.2 236 55 328.9 329.2 293.2 335.4 1.87 14 350 8474 -26.6 -26.7 99 0.1 -26.6 249 47 332.9 333.1 293.6 337.3 1.23 15 300 9567 -35.0 -35.1 100 0.0 -35.0 256 43 336.0 336.1 293.9 338.4 0.65 16 250 10810 -45.4 -45.4 100 -0.0 -45.4 261 44 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.26 17 200 12256 -56.7 -57.2 94 0.5 -56.7 265 42 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.08 18 150 14086 -55.7 -80.9 3 25.2 -56.0 248 70 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16602 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.2 -64.8 261 32 402.7 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.59 m Freezing level: 586.05 mb = 4560.00 m = 14960.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.16 mb = 4363.84 m = 14316.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.26 mb = 715.55 m = 2347.57 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2559.83 m = 8398.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.63 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 232.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.59 mb = 1271.28 m = 4170.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.59 mb = 4064.84 m = 13335.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.59 mb = 12172.98 m = 39937.12 ft B at Equ Level: 896.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.59 mb = 14400.30 m = 47244.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.1 neg: -17.9 tot: 186.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 227.69 m/s