MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 6Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.33,-101.15 Latitude: 46.33 Longitude: -101.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 1 950 439 SFC 929 631 21.8 19.9 89 1.9 20.4 147 15 301.2 304.1 296.2 348.0 15.89 3 900 910 21.6 19.1 86 2.5 19.8 157 33 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.2 15.63 4 850 1409 23.3 13.8 55 9.5 16.9 188 41 310.5 312.8 295.8 346.5 11.76 5 800 1938 23.5 6.3 33 17.2 12.9 214 44 316.2 317.7 294.3 339.9 7.51 6 750 2500 21.6 -2.8 19 24.4 8.4 236 49 320.0 320.8 292.7 333.5 4.15 7 700 3092 17.0 -5.9 20 22.8 5.3 247 48 321.3 321.9 292.5 332.9 3.52 8 650 3716 11.4 -7.5 26 18.9 2.2 255 45 321.8 322.5 292.5 332.9 3.35 9 600 4377 5.6 -10.4 31 16.0 -1.6 267 46 322.6 323.2 292.3 332.3 2.89 10 550 5080 -0.5 -15.9 30 15.4 -6.4 273 54 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.3 2.01 11 500 5832 -7.3 -24.2 25 16.9 -12.2 272 57 324.1 324.4 291.1 327.9 1.08 12 450 6642 -14.0 -32.6 19 18.7 -17.9 274 54 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.55 13 400 7523 -21.3 -35.9 25 14.7 -23.8 275 53 327.4 327.4 291.5 329.0 0.44 14 350 8492 -28.9 -40.6 32 11.7 -30.3 278 60 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.32 15 300 9578 -36.3 -49.8 24 13.4 -37.3 277 72 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 16 250 10817 -45.7 -56.2 30 10.5 -46.2 281 77 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 17 200 12270 -54.8 -65.9 24 11.0 -55.1 279 87 345.9 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.03 18 150 14079 -60.2 -78.4 8 18.2 -60.4 270 86 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16606 -58.7 -84.5 2 25.8 -59.0 285 38 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5832.83 m Freezing level: 554.11 mb = 5022.57 m = 16478.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.83 mb = 4095.33 m = 13435.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.12 % Est. max temperature: 38.02 C = 100.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.62 mb = 874.79 m = 2870.01 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.38 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.15 mb = 3636.74 m = 11931.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.95 C = 107.51 F Cap Strength: 8.98 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.91 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 21.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1600.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 631.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.66 mb = 1876.97 m = 6157.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.66 mb = 4925.33 m = 16159.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.66 mb = 12570.74 m = 41242.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1584.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.66 mb = 15435.76 m = 50641.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 35.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 934.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 934.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 311.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.89 Bulk Rich Number: 3.88 Bulk Shear: 412.84 m/s