MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F276.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F276.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 11.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 16 JUN 25 Station: 51.39,-108.02 Latitude: 51.39 Longitude: -108.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 497 SFC 937 614 25.3 15.0 53 10.3 18.4 161 9 304.1 306.2 293.9 338.5 11.55 3 900 969 20.9 12.9 60 7.9 15.7 168 13 303.0 305.0 292.8 334.1 10.47 4 850 1460 16.2 11.8 75 4.4 13.4 174 14 303.1 305.0 292.7 333.8 10.32 5 800 1972 12.8 8.1 73 4.7 10.0 194 17 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.3 8.50 6 750 2512 9.6 3.9 68 5.6 6.4 213 20 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.7 6.78 7 700 3081 5.3 -0.7 65 5.9 2.2 225 22 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.20 8 650 3681 0.4 -6.8 59 7.1 -2.8 232 25 309.4 310.1 288.9 320.6 3.55 9 600 4317 -4.2 -16.6 38 12.4 -8.4 234 25 311.2 311.5 287.7 316.9 1.74 10 550 4997 -8.4 -19.8 40 11.3 -11.9 241 33 314.1 314.4 288.4 318.9 1.45 11 500 5730 -13.0 -18.1 65 5.1 -14.6 253 43 317.2 317.6 289.8 323.4 1.84 12 450 6525 -18.5 -20.9 81 2.4 -19.1 257 53 320.0 320.3 290.4 325.5 1.61 13 400 7392 -25.4 -29.0 72 3.6 -26.1 262 59 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.87 14 350 8345 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.3 264 70 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.50 15 300 9411 -40.9 -40.9 100 -0.0 -40.9 264 89 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.36 16 250 10624 -50.3 -51.1 91 0.8 -50.3 264 105 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.14 17 200 12063 -54.4 -67.4 19 13.0 -54.6 265 95 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13915 -51.7 -81.0 2 29.3 -52.2 259 71 380.9 380.9 302.4 380.9 0.00 19 100 16529 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 274 28 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.17 m Freezing level: 645.84 mb = 3733.99 m = 12250.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.04 mb = 3339.08 m = 10954.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.19 mb = 1907.08 m = 6256.74 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 21.57 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2335.44 m = 7662.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1110.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.27 mb = 1979.89 m = 6495.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.27 mb = 2914.60 m = 9562.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.27 mb = 11043.25 m = 36230.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1098.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.27 mb = 13329.98 m = 43733.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 12.94 Bulk Shear: 85.86 m/s