MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 43.51,-97.92 Latitude: 43.51 Longitude: -97.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 957 421 26.7 16.9 55 9.8 20.0 160 10 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.6 12.78 2 950 485 26.6 15.3 50 11.3 18.9 163 14 304.1 306.3 294.0 338.6 11.56 3 900 959 22.5 12.9 55 9.6 16.2 179 19 304.7 306.6 293.3 335.8 10.42 4 850 1453 18.1 11.3 64 6.8 13.8 198 19 305.1 307.0 293.0 335.0 9.96 5 800 1969 13.9 9.5 74 4.5 11.2 220 17 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.33 6 750 2510 10.4 2.6 58 7.8 6.1 254 14 307.9 309.0 290.8 326.8 6.16 7 700 3080 5.5 0.2 69 5.3 2.7 274 16 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.7 5.55 8 650 3681 0.4 -1.7 86 2.0 -0.6 288 26 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.6 5.22 9 600 4318 -4.4 -9.1 69 4.7 -6.3 292 35 311.1 311.7 289.1 321.3 3.20 10 550 4999 -7.6 -13.6 62 6.0 -9.8 296 31 315.0 315.5 289.6 323.0 2.43 11 500 5735 -12.0 -20.6 49 8.6 -14.5 304 32 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.48 12 450 6533 -17.4 -31.8 27 14.4 -20.3 307 38 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.5 0.59 13 400 7402 -24.8 -34.9 39 10.1 -26.3 304 41 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.49 14 350 8357 -32.9 -42.0 40 9.0 -33.8 299 46 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.27 15 300 9424 -41.0 -45.9 59 4.8 -41.3 302 49 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.4 0.21 16 250 10636 -50.2 -50.9 93 0.6 -50.3 291 58 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.14 17 200 12063 -58.8 -59.1 96 0.4 -58.7 276 75 339.7 339.7 294.3 340.0 0.07 18 150 13871 -56.2 -80.2 3 24.0 -56.5 303 44 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16446 -57.3 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.7 296 26 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.43 m Freezing level: 646.23 mb = 3728.81 m = 12233.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.35 mb = 3564.95 m = 11695.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.77 mb = 1657.85 m = 5439.09 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 20.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.73 mb = 2479.88 m = 8135.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -3.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1343.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.22 mb = 2103.99 m = 6902.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.22 mb = 2822.06 m = 9258.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.22 mb = 11683.47 m = 38331.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.22 mb = 14208.95 m = 46616.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 179.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 9.27 Bulk Shear: 144.99 m/s