MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 46.67,-102.80 Latitude: 46.67 Longitude: -102.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 519 SFC 921 792 29.7 20.3 57 9.4 22.9 169 13 310.1 313.2 298.8 360.5 16.51 3 900 999 28.4 18.0 53 10.5 20.9 174 23 310.8 313.6 297.7 355.3 14.55 4 850 1504 24.1 16.0 61 8.1 18.4 186 28 311.4 313.9 297.3 353.0 13.57 5 800 2032 19.7 14.1 70 5.5 15.9 201 30 312.1 314.5 296.9 351.4 12.77 6 750 2585 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 213 31 312.5 314.9 296.8 350.6 12.36 7 700 3166 12.3 2.2 50 10.1 6.5 245 28 316.1 317.4 293.4 336.5 6.43 8 650 3783 8.0 -5.2 39 13.2 1.4 261 30 318.0 318.7 291.9 330.9 3.98 9 600 4436 2.2 -7.4 49 9.5 -2.3 256 33 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.6 3.67 10 550 5132 -3.1 -20.9 24 17.8 -8.9 264 34 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.0 1.32 11 500 5878 -8.4 -25.3 24 16.9 -13.1 274 36 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.2 0.98 12 450 6687 -13.3 -28.8 26 15.5 -17.0 286 30 326.5 326.7 291.5 329.4 0.79 13 400 7572 -20.2 -34.4 27 14.2 -22.8 289 30 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.6 0.52 14 350 8545 -28.4 -38.5 37 10.1 -29.8 282 32 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.39 15 300 9630 -36.9 -48.1 30 11.2 -37.8 283 40 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 16 250 10862 -47.6 -54.5 45 6.9 -47.9 282 44 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 17 200 12300 -57.6 -60.2 73 2.5 -57.7 273 45 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 14097 -59.4 -76.4 9 17.0 -59.6 288 52 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16634 -60.7 -84.3 3 23.6 -60.9 289 26 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.13 m Freezing level: 579.32 mb = 4723.86 m = 15498.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.68 mb = 4029.15 m = 13218.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.72 mb = 1991.54 m = 6533.85 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.64 C/km ThetaE index: 35.51 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.83 mb = 2597.76 m = 8522.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -6.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -6.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 38.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 589.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3024.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.03 mb = 2414.72 m = 7922.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.03 mb = 3407.00 m = 11177.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.03 mb = 13314.26 m = 43681.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3004.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.03 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 126.66 m/s