MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 45.18,-96.89 Latitude: 45.18 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 477 SFC 948 492 22.4 16.0 67 6.4 18.1 242 9 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.6 12.15 3 900 946 19.3 11.2 59 8.2 14.2 243 19 301.4 303.1 291.4 328.9 9.30 4 850 1434 14.9 9.3 69 5.6 11.5 244 23 301.8 303.4 291.0 327.5 8.69 5 800 1944 11.1 4.1 62 7.0 7.2 250 21 303.0 304.2 289.5 322.3 6.43 6 750 2480 7.8 -1.3 53 9.1 3.2 267 18 305.0 305.9 288.5 319.2 4.64 7 700 3044 2.9 -1.8 71 4.7 0.6 277 19 305.7 306.6 288.9 320.5 4.80 8 650 3639 -1.8 -6.0 73 4.3 -3.6 277 21 307.0 307.7 288.3 318.6 3.75 9 600 4271 -6.0 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.2 274 24 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.3 3.18 10 550 4948 -10.0 -10.9 93 0.9 -10.4 269 25 312.3 312.8 289.3 322.0 3.03 11 500 5677 -14.6 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.7 262 26 315.3 315.7 289.8 323.2 2.42 12 450 6467 -19.3 -27.8 47 8.4 -21.1 268 23 318.9 319.1 289.3 322.0 0.87 13 400 7332 -25.1 -30.6 60 5.5 -26.1 257 28 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.1 0.75 14 350 8289 -32.1 -33.7 85 1.6 -32.3 267 32 325.5 325.6 291.1 327.8 0.63 15 300 9359 -40.4 -40.5 99 0.1 -40.4 282 42 328.5 328.6 291.7 329.9 0.37 16 250 10573 -51.0 -51.0 100 0.0 -51.0 280 52 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.14 17 200 11987 -60.0 -61.5 83 1.5 -60.0 271 47 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 18 150 13814 -54.2 -81.5 2 27.3 -54.6 275 38 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16406 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 283 23 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.32 m Freezing level: 668.73 mb = 3416.12 m = 11207.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.82 mb = 3126.73 m = 10258.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.78 mb = 1296.64 m = 4254.00 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2153.26 m = 7064.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.46 mb = 1844.99 m = 6053.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.46 mb = 2650.92 m = 8697.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.46 mb = 9712.94 m = 31866.21 ft B at Equ Level: 590.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.46 mb = 12854.55 m = 42173.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.2 neg: -1.1 tot: 58.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 44.42 Bulk Shear: 13.29 m/s