MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 44.1428,-103.1010 Latitude: 44.14 Longitude: -103.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 567 SFC 902 1005 15.9 7.6 58 8.3 11.1 163 7 297.7 299.0 288.4 319.0 7.28 3 900 1026 15.4 6.5 55 8.9 10.3 166 10 297.4 298.6 287.8 317.2 6.77 4 850 1507 11.1 5.0 66 6.1 7.7 164 8 297.7 298.9 287.6 316.6 6.43 5 800 2009 6.5 3.4 81 3.1 4.9 157 6 298.1 299.2 287.5 316.1 6.12 6 750 2535 2.5 -0.1 83 2.6 1.3 106 1 299.3 300.2 286.9 314.4 5.08 7 700 3089 -1.3 -3.1 88 1.7 -2.1 299 4 301.0 301.8 286.8 314.2 4.36 8 650 3677 -4.8 -6.3 89 1.5 -5.4 290 11 303.5 304.2 287.0 314.8 3.67 9 600 4302 -8.6 -9.6 92 1.0 -8.9 270 17 306.2 306.8 287.3 315.9 3.08 10 550 4972 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.2 261 21 309.4 309.8 287.6 316.5 2.22 11 500 5696 -14.8 -37.7 12 22.9 -18.6 267 34 315.0 315.1 287.5 316.1 0.30 12 450 6486 -20.0 -45.1 9 25.1 -23.1 265 41 318.1 318.1 288.3 318.7 0.15 13 400 7346 -27.0 -37.6 36 10.5 -28.4 268 47 319.9 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.38 14 350 8294 -34.1 -40.1 54 6.0 -34.7 269 52 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.33 15 300 9355 -42.1 -48.8 48 6.7 -42.5 267 57 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.15 16 250 10566 -49.9 -54.9 56 5.0 -50.1 264 63 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 11997 -58.5 -64.8 44 6.3 -58.6 258 65 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 13813 -55.3 -81.2 3 25.9 -55.6 253 49 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16396 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.4 256 36 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5565.68 m Freezing level: 717.47 mb = 2895.66 m = 9500.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.61 mb = 2734.54 m = 8971.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 17.40 C = 63.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.52 mb = 2044.50 m = 6707.58 ft T: 6.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.87 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2408.70 m = 7902.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.18 C = 62.92 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 29.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 111.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.79 mb = 2259.51 m = 7413.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.79 mb = 2854.19 m = 9364.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 590.79 mb = 4421.13 m = 14504.85 ft B at Equ Level: 14.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 540.79 mb = 5100.26 m = 16732.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 292.8 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -46.7 tot: -30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 62.80 m/s