MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F318.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506031800F318.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 318 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 50.48,-98.9 Latitude: 50.48 Longitude: -98.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 978 274 26.2 22.3 79 4.0 23.3 203 6 301.2 304.4 297.3 352.9 17.54 2 950 534 26.4 20.3 69 6.1 22.0 208 17 303.9 306.9 297.0 351.4 15.97 3 900 1010 22.8 19.0 79 3.8 20.1 220 23 305.0 307.9 296.9 351.3 15.50 4 850 1506 18.9 17.6 92 1.4 17.9 226 29 306.0 308.8 296.8 351.0 15.02 5 800 2026 15.4 15.1 98 0.3 15.2 232 31 307.6 310.1 296.4 348.7 13.63 6 750 2577 17.4 6.1 47 11.3 10.4 257 31 315.5 317.0 294.4 340.2 7.88 7 700 3162 13.2 3.3 51 9.9 7.4 270 28 317.1 318.5 294.1 339.2 6.96 8 650 3781 8.2 0.6 59 7.6 3.9 270 28 318.2 319.4 293.8 337.9 6.17 9 600 4436 3.1 -2.9 65 6.0 0.0 265 36 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.4 5.17 10 550 5134 -2.6 -8.0 67 5.3 -5.1 267 42 320.9 321.7 292.6 333.5 3.81 11 500 5881 -8.8 -19.5 41 10.8 -12.2 272 42 322.3 322.7 291.1 327.9 1.63 12 450 6688 -14.7 -31.7 22 17.1 -18.3 274 41 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.60 13 400 7568 -21.1 -28.4 52 7.3 -22.7 271 40 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.8 0.92 14 350 8541 -28.2 -35.8 48 7.7 -29.3 273 40 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.7 0.51 15 300 9625 -37.4 -44.0 51 6.5 -38.0 268 43 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.26 16 250 10857 -47.1 -53.9 46 6.8 -47.4 264 45 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12298 -56.8 -66.4 29 9.6 -57.0 274 45 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 14094 -60.0 -75.4 12 15.4 -60.2 281 49 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16627 -60.3 -84.3 3 24.0 -60.6 275 36 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.00 m Freezing level: 572.92 mb = 4814.18 m = 15794.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.81 mb = 4438.57 m = 14562.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.02 mb = 777.96 m = 2552.35 ft T: 24.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 25.94 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.31 mb = 1594.14 m = 5230.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.15 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -6.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2533.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.50 mb = 1329.11 m = 4360.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.50 mb = 1892.87 m = 6210.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.50 mb = 2106.24 m = 6910.15 ft B at Equ Level: 14.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 762.50 mb = 2435.84 m = 7991.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 241.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 32.25 Bulk Shear: 78.54 m/s