MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 15 JUN 25 Station: 44.64,-98.47 Latitude: 44.64 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 961 405 27.1 22.8 78 4.2 23.9 145 4 303.7 307.1 298.5 358.8 18.54 2 950 502 27.6 20.7 66 6.9 22.6 159 6 305.2 308.2 297.5 354.2 16.41 3 900 981 24.9 18.3 67 6.7 20.2 229 10 307.2 310.0 297.1 351.9 14.84 4 850 1481 21.1 17.0 77 4.1 18.2 243 15 308.3 311.0 297.1 352.2 14.50 5 800 2004 17.5 15.1 86 2.4 15.9 249 22 309.9 312.4 297.0 351.4 13.66 6 750 2554 14.1 11.9 87 2.2 12.6 250 28 311.9 314.1 296.2 347.9 11.74 7 700 3134 11.3 3.5 59 7.8 6.8 261 24 315.0 316.3 293.6 337.2 7.06 8 650 3749 7.6 -4.7 41 12.4 1.5 281 25 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.0 4.14 9 600 4402 2.4 -8.5 44 10.9 -2.6 284 29 318.9 319.6 291.7 329.8 3.34 10 550 5098 -3.0 -13.6 44 10.6 -7.2 282 33 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.6 2.43 11 500 5846 -7.4 -25.2 23 17.8 -12.5 283 29 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 0.99 12 450 6658 -12.4 -34.2 14 21.9 -17.0 278 23 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.4 0.47 13 400 7546 -19.0 -37.5 18 18.5 -22.2 268 22 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.38 14 350 8523 -27.1 -38.9 32 11.8 -28.7 259 19 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.38 15 300 9615 -34.7 -44.5 36 9.8 -35.7 225 18 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.24 16 250 10864 -43.5 -50.4 47 6.9 -43.9 201 20 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.15 17 200 12332 -52.9 -57.7 56 4.8 -53.1 180 20 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.3 0.08 18 150 14155 -59.2 -69.5 25 10.3 -59.3 180 15 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.02 19 100 16679 -62.6 -84.4 4 21.9 -62.8 269 25 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.78 m Freezing level: 577.74 mb = 4711.82 m = 15458.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.64 mb = 3982.76 m = 13066.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.37 % Est. max temperature: 32.83 C = 91.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.78 mb = 943.79 m = 3096.40 ft T: 25.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 24.69 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2119.21 m = 6952.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.42 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2044.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.22 mb = 1673.61 m = 5490.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.22 mb = 2941.23 m = 9649.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.22 mb = 12784.12 m = 41942.13 ft B at Equ Level: 2034.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.22 mb = 16303.09 m = 53487.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 75.77 m/s