MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506050600F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 17 JUN 25 Station: 46.47,-95.48 Latitude: 46.47 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 1 950 406 SFC 949 417 26.8 22.4 77 4.4 23.5 267 14 304.4 307.8 298.5 358.9 18.24 3 900 881 21.6 19.8 90 1.8 20.3 269 24 303.7 306.8 297.1 352.3 16.34 4 850 1375 18.2 17.6 97 0.6 17.8 267 21 305.2 308.0 296.7 350.2 15.06 5 800 1895 18.4 10.3 59 8.1 13.1 289 27 310.8 312.6 294.6 341.0 9.86 6 750 2448 17.6 -2.5 25 20.0 6.9 290 29 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.2 4.24 7 700 3033 14.0 -3.3 30 17.3 5.0 273 39 318.0 318.9 292.2 331.9 4.28 8 650 3653 10.2 -6.6 30 16.8 2.0 259 49 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.4 3.60 9 600 4312 4.7 -10.7 32 15.4 -2.1 251 53 321.6 322.1 292.0 331.0 2.82 10 550 5013 -1.4 -11.5 46 10.0 -5.7 248 61 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.1 2.89 11 500 5763 -8.3 -13.8 64 5.6 -10.4 243 66 323.0 323.5 292.2 331.8 2.63 12 450 6570 -15.5 -20.8 64 5.3 -17.0 256 69 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.4 1.62 13 400 7446 -22.5 -26.4 71 3.9 -23.4 265 73 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.6 1.10 14 350 8413 -29.3 -43.5 24 14.2 -30.9 262 66 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.1 0.23 15 300 9495 -37.2 -49.4 27 12.1 -38.1 267 75 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.5 0.14 16 250 10731 -45.9 -59.2 21 13.3 -46.4 267 84 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 17 200 12184 -55.0 -66.1 24 11.1 -55.2 269 90 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13997 -58.3 -76.9 7 18.7 -58.5 276 84 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16563 -61.8 -84.2 4 22.4 -62.0 252 35 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.90 m Freezing level: 561.55 mb = 4851.52 m = 15916.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.47 mb = 3970.00 m = 13024.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.66 mb = 970.91 m = 3185.36 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km ThetaE index: 29.66 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.21 mb = 1211.76 m = 3975.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.61 F Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lifted Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.53 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 26.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2659.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.60 mb = 1158.10 m = 3799.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.60 mb = 1308.29 m = 4292.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.60 mb = 1511.45 m = 4958.77 ft B at Equ Level: 4.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.60 mb = 1718.90 m = 5639.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.7 neg: -19.2 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 31.32 Bulk Shear: 84.93 m/s