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: 47.55,-103.04 Latitude: 47.55 Longitude: -103.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -35 1 950 404 SFC 915 730 23.0 16.9 69 6.1 18.8 153 16 303.8 306.3 295.1 343.5 13.37 3 900 875 23.4 16.4 65 6.9 18.6 161 28 305.6 308.0 295.5 345.0 13.16 4 850 1373 21.8 14.1 62 7.7 16.6 182 45 309.0 311.3 295.6 345.4 11.99 5 800 1902 24.4 5.3 29 19.1 12.7 212 58 317.1 318.5 294.1 339.3 7.00 6 750 2463 21.5 -1.9 21 23.3 8.6 231 53 319.9 320.7 292.9 334.3 4.44 7 700 3055 16.3 -4.9 23 21.2 5.4 241 51 320.5 321.2 292.5 332.9 3.79 8 650 3678 10.4 -7.1 29 17.4 1.9 252 52 320.7 321.3 292.3 332.1 3.46 9 600 4336 4.7 -11.6 30 16.2 -2.3 254 60 321.5 322.1 291.8 330.3 2.63 10 550 5037 -1.4 -17.6 28 16.1 -7.3 250 73 322.4 322.7 291.2 328.4 1.75 11 500 5786 -8.4 -25.1 25 16.7 -13.0 256 70 322.9 323.0 290.7 326.4 1.00 12 450 6592 -15.3 -31.4 24 16.1 -18.7 257 70 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.3 0.62 13 400 7469 -22.2 -45.2 11 22.9 -25.1 261 64 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.7 0.17 14 350 8437 -28.5 -54.7 6 26.2 -30.6 268 64 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.07 15 300 9524 -36.5 -54.2 14 17.7 -37.6 271 74 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.08 16 250 10763 -45.3 -60.4 17 15.1 -45.8 272 86 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12222 -53.9 -67.4 18 13.6 -54.1 271 88 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14037 -59.2 -76.2 9 17.0 -59.4 269 79 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16588 -57.0 -84.6 2 27.6 -57.4 259 49 417.6 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.29 m Freezing level: 561.73 mb = 4872.60 m = 15986.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.54 mb = 3966.80 m = 13014.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.86 % Est. max temperature: 37.88 C = 100.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.69 mb = 1510.59 m = 4955.95 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.15 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 643.55 mb = 3759.54 m = 12334.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.60 C = 103.29 F Cap Strength: 9.91 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.29 C Showalter Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 546.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1151.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 626.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.68 mb = 2340.38 m = 7678.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.68 mb = 4954.16 m = 16253.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.68 mb = 11728.21 m = 38477.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1144.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.68 mb = 14668.39 m = 48124.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 58.0 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 43.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1075.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1075.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 358.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.5 stream: 13.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.36 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 437.17 m/s