MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 45.52,-103.90 Latitude: 45.52 Longitude: -103.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 1 950 545 SFC 903 992 24.7 18.8 70 5.9 20.5 43 17 306.7 309.6 297.3 352.8 15.33 3 900 1016 24.2 18.5 70 5.7 20.2 45 18 306.5 309.3 297.0 351.6 15.04 4 850 1515 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 17.9 81 18 309.9 312.5 296.8 351.0 13.47 5 800 2042 19.8 13.1 65 6.7 15.3 119 14 312.2 314.5 296.4 349.0 11.95 6 750 2595 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 142 12 312.8 314.9 296.1 347.6 11.29 7 700 3176 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 176 11 314.0 315.8 295.3 344.0 9.67 8 650 3790 7.5 -5.7 38 13.2 1.1 234 14 317.5 318.2 291.7 329.9 3.84 9 600 4444 3.2 -12.9 30 16.1 -3.4 242 23 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.7 2.36 10 550 5141 -2.7 -18.4 29 15.7 -8.2 243 23 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.63 11 500 5889 -8.1 -28.3 18 20.2 -13.3 248 20 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.74 12 450 6698 -13.6 -35.6 14 21.9 -18.0 254 21 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.41 13 400 7581 -20.5 -39.0 18 18.5 -23.5 258 23 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.5 0.33 14 350 8553 -28.5 -43.5 22 15.0 -30.2 259 18 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.23 15 300 9636 -37.4 -48.6 30 11.2 -38.2 261 20 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10869 -46.0 -59.1 21 13.1 -46.5 262 20 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12322 -55.5 -65.8 26 10.4 -55.6 247 24 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 18 150 14132 -57.9 -78.7 5 20.9 -58.1 257 37 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16662 -61.1 -84.7 3 23.6 -61.4 212 12 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.54 m Freezing level: 572.81 mb = 4823.39 m = 15824.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3940.93 m = 12929.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.53 mb = 1737.81 m = 5701.39 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 27.05 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.62 mb = 2746.53 m = 9010.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 44.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2209.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.11 mb = 2324.08 m = 7624.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.11 mb = 3066.82 m = 10061.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.11 mb = 13015.78 m = 42702.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2170.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.11 mb = 16117.85 m = 52879.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.89 Bulk Rich Number: 13.10 Bulk Shear: 168.74 m/s