MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 44.42,-98.29 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -98.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 958 413 25.7 17.1 59 8.6 19.8 180 7 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.7 12.90 2 950 485 25.6 14.2 49 11.4 18.1 184 10 303.2 305.2 293.1 335.2 10.78 3 900 958 21.8 11.3 51 10.5 15.1 204 16 303.9 305.7 292.2 331.9 9.37 4 850 1451 17.8 9.5 58 8.3 12.7 228 21 304.8 306.4 292.0 331.3 8.82 5 800 1966 14.1 5.6 57 8.5 9.2 249 25 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.9 7.16 6 750 2507 10.4 -0.5 47 10.9 4.7 271 26 307.9 308.8 289.7 323.1 4.93 7 700 3076 5.5 -3.1 54 8.6 1.3 285 26 308.6 309.4 289.4 322.2 4.36 8 650 3677 0.2 -5.0 68 5.2 -2.2 293 27 309.2 309.9 289.3 321.9 4.06 9 600 4312 -4.7 -9.3 70 4.7 -6.6 293 30 310.7 311.3 288.9 320.7 3.14 10 550 4992 -8.6 -14.5 62 6.0 -10.6 297 31 313.9 314.4 289.1 321.3 2.25 11 500 5726 -12.6 -21.4 48 8.8 -15.1 301 30 317.7 317.9 289.5 322.3 1.38 12 450 6522 -17.8 -22.7 66 4.9 -19.1 309 33 320.9 321.1 290.5 325.6 1.37 13 400 7393 -23.8 -27.3 73 3.5 -24.5 306 42 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.02 14 350 8354 -30.8 -32.6 84 1.8 -31.1 304 47 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.8 0.70 15 300 9428 -39.9 -40.5 93 0.6 -39.9 297 52 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.37 16 250 10645 -50.4 -50.9 94 0.5 -50.4 301 54 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 17 200 12062 -60.4 -62.5 77 2.0 -60.5 319 51 337.0 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.04 18 150 13873 -56.9 -80.4 4 23.5 -57.2 291 36 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16439 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 294 27 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.13 m Freezing level: 648.19 mb = 3699.70 m = 12137.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.39 mb = 3294.75 m = 10809.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.38 mb = 1506.97 m = 4944.07 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 20.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2680.86 m = 8795.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.66 mb = 2181.92 m = 7158.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.66 mb = 3138.49 m = 10296.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.66 mb = 11046.78 m = 36242.27 ft B at Equ Level: 647.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.66 mb = 13285.94 m = 43588.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.7 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 311.7 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 6.15 Bulk Shear: 105.69 m/s