MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F315.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506041800F315.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 315 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 52.18,-100.46 Latitude: 52.18 Longitude: -100.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 970 312 29.6 17.2 47 12.4 21.0 143 9 305.5 307.9 295.3 344.0 12.87 2 950 492 27.3 16.1 50 11.2 19.6 156 15 304.9 307.2 294.7 341.4 12.20 3 900 968 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.6 178 15 305.2 307.4 294.6 341.0 11.97 4 850 1463 18.5 13.9 74 4.6 15.4 199 15 305.6 307.8 294.6 341.0 11.81 5 800 1980 14.3 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 225 17 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.9 11.13 6 750 2524 12.0 5.0 62 7.0 7.9 265 22 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.0 7.30 7 700 3099 8.8 -1.0 50 9.9 3.7 285 32 312.2 313.2 291.2 328.2 5.07 8 650 3707 4.3 -6.2 46 10.5 -0.6 278 39 313.9 314.6 290.5 325.7 3.70 9 600 4353 -0.3 -17.3 26 17.0 -6.3 280 41 315.8 316.1 289.1 321.2 1.64 10 550 5042 -4.7 -23.2 22 18.5 -10.2 287 42 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.07 11 500 5784 -10.2 -25.3 28 15.1 -14.2 289 46 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.0 0.98 12 450 6586 -16.1 -28.0 35 11.9 -18.8 286 51 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.0 0.85 13 400 7462 -22.5 -29.8 51 7.3 -23.9 290 47 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.81 14 350 8427 -30.0 -34.9 63 4.8 -30.7 288 53 328.3 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.56 15 300 9504 -39.2 -42.3 72 3.1 -39.4 283 62 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.3 0.31 16 250 10725 -49.6 -50.9 87 1.2 -49.7 291 60 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.14 17 200 12145 -59.7 -60.4 91 0.7 -59.7 292 77 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.06 18 150 13959 -54.7 -80.2 3 25.5 -55.1 287 45 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16554 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 291 27 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.26 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4308.80 m = 14136.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.71 mb = 3622.76 m = 11885.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.27 C = 86.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.01 mb = 1873.96 m = 6148.10 ft T: 15.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 22.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.48 mb = 2373.68 m = 7787.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 32.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1500.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.68 mb = 1951.49 m = 6402.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.68 mb = 3486.77 m = 11439.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.68 mb = 12546.20 m = 41161.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1452.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.68 mb = 14507.84 m = 47597.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 200.44 m/s