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: 46.98,-98.73 Latitude: 46.98 Longitude: -98.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 470 SFC 949 481 25.9 20.1 70 5.8 21.7 161 16 303.6 306.5 296.7 350.4 15.77 3 900 944 22.1 17.6 76 4.5 19.0 170 31 304.3 306.9 295.9 346.7 14.24 4 850 1439 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 184 35 305.0 307.6 295.7 345.9 13.68 5 800 1957 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.1 218 34 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.6 12.16 6 750 2503 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 233 35 309.1 311.1 295.0 342.8 11.08 7 700 3080 11.7 0.4 46 11.3 5.5 239 32 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.3 5.64 8 650 3696 7.9 -3.4 45 11.3 2.1 230 29 317.9 318.8 292.4 332.6 4.57 9 600 4350 2.1 -5.4 57 7.5 -1.6 231 26 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.3 4.25 10 550 5045 -3.8 -8.6 69 4.9 -5.9 231 25 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.5 3.62 11 500 5790 -9.4 -16.8 55 7.4 -11.9 236 26 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.05 12 450 6596 -14.5 -23.7 46 9.2 -17.0 241 32 325.0 325.3 291.6 329.4 1.26 13 400 7478 -20.5 -26.5 59 6.0 -21.9 245 38 328.3 328.6 292.3 332.3 1.10 14 350 8451 -28.0 -32.7 64 4.7 -28.8 252 38 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.70 15 300 9538 -36.6 -42.2 56 5.6 -37.1 251 33 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10773 -47.1 -50.9 65 3.8 -47.3 251 35 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.6 0.14 17 200 12210 -58.3 -61.1 70 2.8 -58.3 245 30 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13994 -61.6 -74.1 17 12.5 -61.7 265 27 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16513 -60.6 -85.0 3 24.4 -60.9 274 19 410.6 410.6 306.6 410.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.23 m Freezing level: 582.29 mb = 4596.02 m = 15078.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.50 mb = 4062.44 m = 13328.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.86 mb = 1219.14 m = 3999.74 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.77 C/km ThetaE index: 21.84 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1816.61 m = 5959.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -5.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.49 C K Index: 32.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1884.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.67 mb = 1482.44 m = 4863.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.67 mb = 2273.13 m = 7457.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.67 mb = 2721.41 m = 8928.39 ft B at Equ Level: 13.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 700.67 mb = 3072.23 m = 10079.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.7 neg: -11.4 tot: 329.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.93 Bulk Rich Number: 22.91 Bulk Shear: 82.26 m/s