MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F339.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506040600F339.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 339 hour GFS valid 9Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 44.76,-96.73 Latitude: 44.76 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 486 SFC 948 500 22.9 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 177 15 300.5 303.5 296.1 347.6 16.05 3 900 957 21.1 18.6 86 2.5 19.4 188 38 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.3 15.18 4 850 1454 20.9 14.4 66 6.6 16.5 204 39 308.1 310.4 295.5 345.0 12.21 5 800 1977 19.4 10.1 55 9.3 13.4 214 30 311.8 313.7 294.7 341.8 9.74 6 750 2531 17.0 8.0 55 9.0 11.3 226 24 315.0 316.7 295.1 343.1 8.99 7 700 3116 13.1 5.6 60 7.5 8.5 231 22 317.0 318.5 295.0 342.8 8.18 8 650 3735 8.5 1.3 61 7.2 4.5 230 23 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.4 6.51 9 600 4391 3.5 -3.6 60 7.1 -0.1 223 23 320.2 321.2 293.3 336.1 4.89 10 550 5091 -1.8 -10.6 51 8.9 -5.5 223 27 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.3 3.09 11 500 5841 -7.3 -17.5 44 10.2 -10.9 225 30 324.2 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.93 12 450 6654 -12.3 -15.2 79 2.8 -13.4 238 38 327.7 328.3 293.5 336.7 2.62 13 400 7546 -17.4 -23.9 57 6.5 -19.2 241 40 332.4 332.6 293.7 337.3 1.38 14 350 8534 -23.6 -29.4 59 5.8 -24.9 239 42 336.9 337.1 294.4 340.4 0.95 15 300 9644 -30.9 -42.1 33 11.1 -32.3 234 54 341.8 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.32 16 250 10909 -41.4 -48.9 44 7.5 -41.9 235 60 344.5 344.5 295.6 345.2 0.18 17 200 12387 -52.2 -59.4 41 7.2 -52.4 235 58 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.4 0.06 18 150 14202 -62.4 -77.7 11 15.3 -62.5 233 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16678 -63.7 -83.8 5 20.1 -63.9 234 34 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.18 m Freezing level: 566.69 mb = 4857.17 m = 15935.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.07 mb = 4376.56 m = 14358.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.06 C = 93.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.50 mb = 817.59 m = 2682.34 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.19 mb = 2910.41 m = 9548.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.37 C = 101.06 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 326.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.87 mb = 1434.40 m = 4705.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.87 mb = 4433.14 m = 14544.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.87 mb = 11552.21 m = 37900.49 ft B at Equ Level: 580.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.87 mb = 14330.76 m = 47016.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.9 neg: -8.2 tot: 209.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 17.79 Bulk Shear: 32.99 m/s