MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 0Z THU 12 JUN 25 Station: 46.60,-99.57 Latitude: 46.60 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 456 SFC 935 594 27.8 20.0 63 7.8 22.2 166 12 306.7 309.7 297.6 354.7 15.94 3 900 935 25.4 17.2 60 8.2 19.7 176 23 307.7 310.3 296.5 349.6 13.87 4 850 1435 21.3 15.3 69 6.0 17.1 192 27 308.4 310.9 296.1 347.6 12.93 5 800 1957 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 213 29 309.5 311.7 295.6 345.4 11.78 6 750 2505 12.6 11.5 93 1.1 11.9 227 31 310.2 312.4 295.6 345.1 11.41 7 700 3082 9.9 3.8 66 6.1 6.3 243 31 313.5 314.9 293.3 336.0 7.20 8 650 3696 6.9 -1.8 54 8.7 2.3 254 27 316.7 317.7 292.6 333.2 5.15 9 600 4348 1.6 -4.7 63 6.3 -1.5 252 29 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.4 4.48 10 550 5042 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 247 27 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.16 11 500 5789 -8.1 -23.1 29 15.0 -12.6 242 25 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.3 1.19 12 450 6598 -13.8 -29.6 25 15.8 -17.5 242 28 325.9 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.73 13 400 7481 -20.6 -28.3 50 7.7 -22.3 240 31 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.6 0.93 14 350 8454 -28.1 -32.5 66 4.4 -28.9 241 35 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.5 0.71 15 300 9541 -36.8 -40.5 68 3.7 -37.2 240 34 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.37 16 250 10774 -47.1 -50.7 67 3.5 -47.3 242 40 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.6 0.15 17 200 12213 -58.4 -60.7 74 2.4 -58.4 245 37 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.05 18 150 13998 -60.9 -74.6 15 13.7 -61.1 260 27 365.1 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16516 -60.7 -85.1 3 24.5 -61.0 278 17 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.52 m Freezing level: 583.84 mb = 4572.36 m = 15000.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.74 mb = 4084.21 m = 13399.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.72 mb = 1580.85 m = 5186.44 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 27.40 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2244.14 m = 7362.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2272.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.08 mb = 1999.12 m = 6558.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.08 mb = 2493.16 m = 8179.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.08 mb = 13182.19 m = 43248.14 ft B at Equ Level: 2230.48 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 265.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.35 Bulk Rich Number: 30.23 Bulk Shear: 75.18 m/s