MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 44.96,-98.05 Latitude: 44.96 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 954 432 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 18.2 203 4 299.9 302.1 293.0 335.0 11.99 2 950 471 22.5 14.3 60 8.2 17.1 209 6 300.0 302.0 292.2 331.8 10.83 3 900 939 18.5 11.0 62 7.5 13.8 225 12 300.6 302.3 291.1 327.8 9.21 4 850 1426 14.6 9.3 71 5.3 11.3 247 17 301.4 303.0 290.9 327.1 8.67 5 800 1936 11.2 5.7 69 5.6 8.0 264 24 303.1 304.5 290.2 324.7 7.19 6 750 2472 8.0 1.2 62 6.8 4.4 272 27 305.3 306.3 289.4 322.2 5.56 7 700 3037 3.1 -1.3 72 4.5 0.9 277 29 306.0 306.9 289.1 321.2 4.96 8 650 3633 -1.6 -4.5 81 2.9 -2.9 284 30 307.2 308.0 288.8 320.2 4.22 9 600 4266 -5.3 -8.9 76 3.6 -6.8 283 29 310.0 310.6 288.8 320.3 3.25 10 550 4944 -9.6 -12.5 80 2.8 -10.7 273 28 312.6 313.2 289.1 321.2 2.66 11 500 5673 -14.0 -19.1 65 5.1 -15.5 271 31 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.6 1.69 12 450 6466 -19.1 -23.1 70 4.0 -20.1 273 32 319.3 319.5 289.9 323.8 1.32 13 400 7332 -25.0 -26.4 89 1.3 -25.3 277 36 322.5 322.7 290.7 326.3 1.11 14 350 8289 -32.2 -32.8 94 0.6 -32.3 280 37 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.69 15 300 9357 -40.6 -40.9 97 0.3 -40.6 278 54 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.36 16 250 10573 -50.3 -50.6 97 0.3 -50.3 282 63 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 11994 -59.2 -61.1 79 1.9 -59.2 286 48 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13824 -54.6 -81.7 2 27.2 -54.9 271 39 376.0 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16414 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 281 24 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.69 m Freezing level: 666.79 mb = 3432.59 m = 11261.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.20 mb = 3173.62 m = 10412.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.21 mb = 1294.47 m = 4246.89 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.95 mb = 2264.78 m = 7430.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 373.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.95 mb = 1810.94 m = 5941.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.95 mb = 2841.07 m = 9320.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.95 mb = 8976.33 m = 29449.53 ft B at Equ Level: 372.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.95 mb = 12091.39 m = 39669.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 6.08 Bulk Shear: 61.43 m/s