MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F282.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F282.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 282 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.60,-102.80 Latitude: 46.60 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 49 1 950 491 SFC 917 801 27.9 18.2 55 9.7 21.0 121 11 308.6 311.3 297.1 352.4 14.46 3 900 968 26.3 15.4 51 10.9 18.8 127 16 308.6 311.0 295.7 346.1 12.34 4 850 1469 22.1 13.5 58 8.6 16.4 153 17 309.3 311.5 295.4 344.5 11.56 5 800 1993 18.6 11.1 61 7.6 13.7 190 20 311.0 313.0 295.0 342.9 10.40 6 750 2543 14.5 8.0 65 6.5 10.5 212 25 312.4 314.1 294.4 340.3 9.04 7 700 3124 13.1 -9.8 19 22.9 2.7 261 28 317.0 317.5 290.4 325.5 2.59 8 650 3742 9.2 -18.6 12 27.8 -1.3 270 34 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.0 1.35 9 600 4398 4.4 -28.3 7 32.8 -5.3 275 36 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.62 10 550 5099 -0.8 -31.4 8 30.6 -8.8 280 41 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.50 11 500 5850 -7.3 -31.3 13 24.0 -13.1 279 46 324.1 324.3 290.6 326.2 0.56 12 450 6659 -14.3 -33.3 18 19.1 -18.2 276 48 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.1 0.51 13 400 7540 -21.3 -37.5 22 16.1 -23.9 271 51 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.38 14 350 8510 -28.6 -42.6 25 14.0 -30.2 273 61 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.26 15 300 9597 -35.7 -48.6 25 13.0 -36.7 277 78 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.15 16 250 10840 -44.8 -54.8 32 10.0 -45.2 281 90 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12301 -53.1 -66.3 19 13.2 -53.4 280 91 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14126 -59.9 -80.0 6 20.1 -60.1 279 82 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16627 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 273 30 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.44 m Freezing level: 557.46 mb = 4994.52 m = 16386.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3531.16 m = 11585.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.16 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.06 mb = 2034.90 m = 6676.09 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 28.92 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.57 mb = 3569.90 m = 11712.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.75 C = 99.94 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 20.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 394.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1096.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.40 mb = 2482.19 m = 8143.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 550.40 mb = 5093.33 m = 16710.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.40 mb = 11665.22 m = 38271.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.40 mb = 14989.53 m = 49177.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.2 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 293.2 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 422.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 4.22 Bulk Shear: 259.67 m/s