MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031200F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 43.02,-98.07 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -98.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 951 457 36.6 14.9 28 21.7 21.5 172 15 314.2 316.4 296.4 349.1 11.26 2 950 469 36.8 14.3 26 22.5 21.2 174 16 314.5 316.6 296.2 348.1 10.81 3 900 959 32.7 10.9 26 21.8 18.3 181 30 315.3 317.0 295.3 343.8 9.14 4 850 1470 28.3 8.1 28 20.2 15.4 190 34 315.8 317.4 294.6 341.0 8.01 5 800 2003 23.8 5.2 30 18.6 12.4 203 33 316.5 317.9 293.9 338.5 6.94 6 750 2562 18.9 3.4 36 15.5 9.7 219 31 317.1 318.3 293.7 337.8 6.51 7 700 3149 14.9 -7.5 21 22.4 4.0 223 26 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.2 3.11 8 650 3771 11.2 -27.4 5 38.5 -1.4 208 22 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.8 0.62 9 600 4431 5.9 -27.7 7 33.6 -4.5 204 19 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.3 0.65 10 550 5135 0.7 -34.6 5 35.2 -8.2 204 18 324.9 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.37 11 500 5892 -4.9 -38.7 5 33.9 -12.2 210 20 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.27 12 450 6709 -11.7 -41.2 7 29.4 -17.0 221 21 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.4 0.23 13 400 7597 -19.0 -40.7 13 21.7 -22.4 229 22 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 14 350 8576 -26.1 -27.4 89 1.3 -26.4 218 25 333.5 333.7 293.7 337.7 1.15 15 300 9676 -33.3 -33.5 98 0.2 -33.3 231 29 338.4 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.75 16 250 10927 -44.3 -47.9 68 3.6 -44.5 224 31 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12394 -50.6 -72.1 6 21.5 -51.0 231 44 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14226 -60.1 -80.0 6 19.9 -60.3 254 45 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16701 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.6 226 27 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5874.07 m Freezing level: 544.08 mb = 5224.79 m = 17141.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.86 mb = 3606.53 m = 11832.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.48 % Est. max temperature: 38.87 C = 101.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.35 mb = 3192.94 m = 10475.39 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 25.31 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 590.92 mb = 4554.59 m = 14942.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.55 C = 113.98 F Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.19 C Cross Totals Index: 13.00 C K Index: 18.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 458.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 372.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 658.56 mb = 3661.09 m = 12011.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 493.56 mb = 5992.14 m = 19659.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.56 mb = 11374.14 m = 37316.27 ft B at Equ Level: 452.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.56 mb = 13296.77 m = 43624.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.7 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 234.7 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.6 neg: -8.9 tot: 172.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 28.93 Bulk Shear: 15.84 m/s